3rd & 21st Marine Action On Iwo Jima, D+4 & D+5 1945

About this film

United States Naval Photographic Center film # 7390. National Archives description "1) GV BBs & DDs lying offshore. 2) LS Mt. Suribachi, water FG. 3) LS Flaming plane crashes in water, AP FG. 4) GV-Pan Many auxiliary ships in transport area, island & Mt. Suribachi BG. 5) MS LSM on beach. 6) GV-MS Marine division command post digging in on beachhead-SV. 7) CU Man sleeping in fox hole. 8) MS-CU Radioman operating radio in fox hole. 9) CU General Erskine & other officers examining map-SV. 10) MS LSM beached. 11) MS-CU Marines unload ammunition by means of roller conveyors. 12) MS Loaded truck exits beached LSM. 13) MS-CU Marines digging foxholes on beachhead. 14) CU Dead Marine partially covered with sand. 15) MS Marines carry casualty on stretcher, place him aboard truck. 16) MS Removing wounded man from truck, placing him in evacuation center. 17) CU Officer talks on telephone. 18) CU Colonel English talks on telephone-SV. 19) CU Men probing with large bayonets for land mines. 20) MS Capsized landing boat sinks, Mt. Suribachi BG. QUALITY: GENERALLY GOOD." National Archives Identifier: 78057 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ o…

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Navy, World War II, Iwo Jima, Battle Of, Japan, 1945, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, United States. -- Marine Corps -- History -- World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan, Mount Suribachi, War -- Relief Of Sick And Wounded, Landing Craft -- United States, Erskine, Graves Blanchard, 1897-1973, USS Doyen (APA-1), USS Doyen

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