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Iwo Jima: 5th Marine Cemetery; B-29 Lands On D+18; Bombardment
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Naval Photographic Center film #8936. Film's slates not mentioned in description below: SLATE: COCKRELL ROLL #29 SLATE: COCKRELL D+21 5th MAR DIV CEMETERY SLATE: COCKRELL D+18 B-29 LANDING WITH BATTLE SMOKE IN BACKGROUND. IWO JIMA National Archives description: "1) CV-MS Marines inspect 5th Division cemetery on Iwo Jima-SV. 2) MS Entrance to cemetery (from within cemetery) as Marines enter gate. 3) MS Graves registration detail carrying crosses. 4) GV Cemetery showing gate foreground with sign "Fifth Marine Division". 5) GV-Pan B-29 lands on airfield on Iwo Jima. 6) CU-Pan B-29 as it taxis on Iwo Jima airfield, others parked in dispersal area. 7) MS Pointer elevates large field howitzer as shell is placed in breech. 8) CU Muzzle of field howitzer as gun is fired. 9) AV-Pan Iwo Jima beachhead area under bombardment, shell bursts seen also many smoke columns-SV. 10) AV-MS Troops advance through smoking terrain, shell bursts seen. 11) MS-CU Piper Cub in flight-SV. 12) AV-GV-Pan Shell bursts, including phosphorous shells, on Iwo Jima, Suribachi background. 13) AV Troops advancing along road and open terrain." National Archives Identifier: 78679 listed as Scenes On Iwo Jima: Beachhead A…
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, B-29 Bomber, Soldiers' Bodies, Disposition Of, Piper Airplanes
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