Marine cemetery, Iwo Jima Part 1

Description

1) MS Priest dons robe preparatory to celebrating mass. 2) MS-CU Priest prays-SV. 3) CU Cross with name Swenton, S.A. Pfc. 4) MS Kneel in cemetery while priest celebrates mass. 5) MS Priest gives wafers to communicants. 6) CU Men kneeling in prayer-SV. 7) CU Star of David on grave marked USNR Sanders, S. 8) MS Three men walk along between graves in cemetery. 9) CU Cross on grave with name Basilone, John. 10) CU John Basilone's dog tags on cross. 11) CU Dog tags, Fox D. on cross. 12) CU Cross on grave at Stivers, C.H.; Cross with name Schwewers; Cross with name of Salapata; Mangul, C.W.; star with Levitt, C.D., C.M. Trotti, T.M. Lt. Col. Lumpkin, O.B. Cansonearl, T.P., cross with "Unidentified" number 8; Malloy, M.W. Cifarella, J.J.; Zephy W.T.; Hutton, J. 13) LS-UA TBM in flight. 14) LS-UA F6F in flight. 15) LS-UA F6F fires rockets-SV. 16) MS Rockets fired from jeep. 17) MS Marines crouch in shell crater-SV. 18) MS Marines load and fire small field piice. SV.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities