Marine Activity, Iwo Jima, D+9 - D+11, Feb 28 - March 2, 1945

About this film

Naval Photographic Center film #8596. Film's slates not mentioned in description below: SLATE: D+9 CORPS INTERROGATION CORPS HQ SLATE: D+10 MAIL DELIVERY #1 AIRFIELD SLATE: D+11 POW SEQUENCE POW ENCLOSURE Same Same SLATE: SGT E.G. BENGSTON SLATE 1 MARCH 45 SCOUTING FRONT 182-S SLATE 1 MARCH 45 D+10 2ND HIGHEST POINT NORTHERN PART. 382 National Archives description: "CU Canvas sign:"G-2"(Naval Intelligence). MS R4D drops mail by parachute; Suribachi, BG; LVT's on beach underway, FG (SV). MS Nisei interpreter talks to POW. CU Two POW's smoke cigarettes. CU Interpreter talks to Japanese Officer. CU-MS Officer fills in mimeographed form under direction of interpreter. MS Plaster cast is fashioned for Japanese POW's face. CU Blood plasma given to POW; Japanese corpsman assisting. MS POW's bury dead bodies. MS POW's at graveside remove hats & bow heads. MS CU Interpreter talking to POW's; one of them a casualty on a stretcher (SV). MS Rocket trucks firing rockets. MS Marine approaches destroyed Japanese pillbox. MS Group poses before pillbox. MS Scout advances across rough terrain. GV Troops advance over hill." National Archives Identifier: 78543 As always, any error or typo is mine and…

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Navy, World War II, Iwo Jima, Battle Of, Japan, 1945, United States. Marine Corps, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan, United States. -- Marine Corps -- History -- World War, 1939-1945, War -- Relief Of Sick And Wounded, World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners And Prisons, American, Motor Vehicles, Amphibious -- United States, Landing Craft -- United States, Airdrop, Soldiers' Bodies, Disposition Of, Rites And Ceremonies, Douglas DC-3 (Transport Plane)

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