Bombardment of Iwo Jima ; Routine activities aboard USS Plaice (SS-390) ; Signalman, Japanese air attack ; USS England (DE-635) transfers supplies at sea ; Secretary of Navy arrives at NAS, Honolulu, The Hawaiian Islands ; F.E.A. garden project at Guam, 1945

About this film

Naval Photographic Center film #11047. National Archives description: Bombardment of Iwo Jima "1) HS Wake of DD underway. 2) HS Waves breaking over bow of DD underway. 3) GV CLs & BBs bombarding Iwo Jima. 4) LS-Pan Planes making strafing & bombing runs on Iwo Jima. 5) LS Fire bombs burst on Mt. Suribachi. 6) MS LCI (G) strafing Iwo Jima. 7) GV Wave of LVTs underway to beach, DD & CV bombarding BG (good). 8) GV Phosphorous shells burst & fire burn fiercely on side of Mt. Suribachi. -- Routine activities aboard USS Plaice 1) CU Conning officer in sub using periscope. 2) CU Forecastle of sub underway on surface. 3) CU Conning tower on surface, lookouts watching horizon. 4) CU Conning officer & lookout on top of flying bridge of sub underway on surface. -- Signalman, Japanese air attack 1) MS-CU Signalman raises & lowers signal hoist -SV. 2) LS Japanese plane passes midst flak bursts. -- USS England transfers supplies at sea 1) MS SC underway, bow-on view, men on deck of DE FG. 2) MS Transferring supplies at sea from DE to SC alongside -SV. -- Secretary of Navy arrives at NAS, Honolulu, The Hawaiian Islands 1) MS Secretary of the Navy Forrestal alights from transport plane at Pearl Har…

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, USS Plaice (SS-390), Iwo Jima, Battle Of, Japan, 1945, USS Plaice, War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan, USS England (DE-635), Forrestal, James, 1892-1949, USS England, Bagley, David Worth, 1883-1960, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, Naval Air Station (Honolulu, Hawaii), World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, Japanese, United States. Marine Corps, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Guam, WWII In Color

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