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USMC Bomb And Mine Disposal Squad At Iwo Jima, 1945
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Naval Photographic Center film #8950. National Archives description "1) CU Marines load disarmed anti-tank and personnel mines aboard LCVP for disposal at sea. 2) CU Yardstick mines, having been disarmed, are loaded aboard for disposal at sea. 3) CU Disarmed bombs on ground. 4) MS-CU Amphibious tank going down beach and put to sea loaded with disarmed bombs for disposal. 5) CU Marine disposal squad lower yardstick mines and other unarmed bombs into sea. 6) CU Marines throw anti-personnel mines overboard. 7) CU Bomb disposal dump on Iwo, bomb disposal truck and crew passes in background. 8) MS-Pan Bomb disposal dump, all types of bombs, shells, yardstick mines, personnel mines and tank mines are all disarmed. 9) CU 5" shell. 10) CU Stack of 100 lb. disarmed bombs. 11) CU Marines disarming 500 lb. bomb. 12) CU Marine's hand showing detonator being taken apart. 13) CU Marine removing nose fuse from bomb. 14) MS-CU Damaged tank from mine explosion." National Archives Identifier: 78688
Directors & creators
United States. Navy
Subjects
WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Marine Corps, World War II, Iwo Jima, Battle Of, Japan, 1945, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan, United States. -- Marine Corps -- History -- World War, 1939-1945, Mines (Military Explosives) -- Detection, WWII In Color
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