Burial At Sea; Bombardment Of Iwo Jima; Correspondents; Aiea Naval Hospital 02-03-1945

About this film

Naval Photographic Center film #8895. National Archives description "HS Band on elevator at burial at sea (good). HS Body is carried across flight deck (good). MS UA Baker flag flying. -- 1) MS Battleship underway. 2) GV Iwo Jima under bombardment, phosphorus shells burst in air. 3) MS Battleship passes in foreground. -- 1) GV-Pan Invasion fleet going toward Iwo Jima, many ships foreground, Iwo Jima in background, smoke columns rise, LST passes foreground. -- 1) MS-CU Press correspondents work in press room at CincPac Advance Headquarters. -- Aiea Naval Hospital, Aiea Heights, Territory of Hawaii LS Ambulance parked in garage at Aiea Naval Hospital. LS Service station at Aiea Hospital; hospital buildings on hill. MS CU Ambulance tires being checked at service station. MS MPs direct traffic at intersection; ambulances pass in background. MS Vehicle maintenance personnel pose for picture." National Archives Identifier: 78650 listed as "Burial at sea various shipboard activities - Bombardment of Okinawa; Iwo Jima invasion; Correspondents work at CINCPAC Advance Headquarters Guam; Transportation facilities at US Naval Hospital, 02/03/1945" created: 02/03/1945 03/26/1945 03/30/1945 1945…

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

World War II, World War, 1939-1945 -- Hospitals, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island, WWII, Iwo Jima, Battle Of, Japan, 1945, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan, Aiea Naval Hospital, Funeral Rites And Ceremonies, Soldiers' Bodies, Disposition Of, United States. -- Navy -- Transport Of Sick And Wounded, WWII In Color

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