INVASION OF ENIWETOK; MARINES ESTABLISHING BEACHHEAD Part 3

Description

1) HA MS Marines donning battle dress aboard AP.2) HA MS LCVP hoisted over side of AP by crane; other LCVP"s circling about in water; marines (wearing battle dress) on desks of AP.3) HA MS Marines on decks of USS ARTHUR MIDDLETON (APA-25).4) MLS LST lying dead in water as LCVP pulls alongside; AK"s, CA, BG.5) MS LCVP approaching LST.6) MS Same as above.7) MS Two LCVP"s approaching LST; marines go over side of LST-272; LCVP"s rendezvous, BG.8) LS AP"s, LCVP"s, LCM"s approaching beach; smoke rising; BB firing salvos, BG (SV).9) HA MS Amphibious craft underway (DUKW"s, LVT"s).10) HA MS Three DUKW"s underway.11) HA MS Two DUKW"s underway.12) LS Silhouette of DD off beach, small craft, FG.13) MLS Amphibious craft approaching beach; smoke rising from island; OS2U seaplane in flight low over water, FG.14) HA MS Wounded man placed on stretcher aboard LCVP & transferred to another ship.15) MS Beach at Eniwetok; ocean, amphibious craft, BG.16) MS Dabris on beach.17) MS Corpsmen administering blood plasma to wounded men on beach.18) MS Same as before; four bottles of plasma.19) MLS Marines digging in on Eniwetok.20) MLS Same as before.21) MS Bulldozers clearing debris.22) MLS Four soldiers aboard DUKW; marines walking toward camera, BG; marine digging foxhele, FG.23) MS Marines in sandbagged trenches.24) MS Debris on beach; marines, far BG, pushing howitzer up to emplacement.25) MS Two marines crawling out of foxhole.26) MS Marines on beach; amphibious craft in water, BG (SV).27) MLS PAN Marines on beach; amphibious craft on beach (SV).28) MS Marines advancing slowly; two parked jeeps, BG; debris, FG.29) MS Marines advancing up beach; burning palm trees, BG.30) MS Wounded marines, on stretcher, given plasma.31) MCU Corpsman administering plasma. G32) MS Same as before; other marines, ocean, BG.QUALITY: GOOD

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities