INVASION OF PELELIU AND IWO JIMA Bombing Raid by E-24"s Part 1

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1) HA LS LCP alongcide ship.2) MCU Lt. Gen. in the bow of a ship looking toward the beach at Peleliu (SV).3) HA LS Overlooking the troops as they unlead from on LCVP on the bouch.4) MLS Lt. Gen. ascicted on the beach by come of the EM"s (SV).5) LS Bulldozer dragging five gal. gas can.6) LS Part of the invasion force.7) LS Men pacsing supplies up on the beach from the LCYP (SV).8) MS 50 cal. machine gun in the turret on a Sherman tenk.9) GtoA MS TBM flying overhead.10) MCU Soldier woundod in side of head; bloody bandage.11) HA CU Canteen of water being poured into wounded men"s mouth.12) CU Face of Japanese who has wound in the throat.13) LS Three marincs knocling in the brush, rifles at ready position. (SV; difforent angles).14) GtoA MS TBM dropping bombs.15) LS Troops running up and stopping behind Sherman tanks.16) MCU Soldier, woundod in the chin, lights cigarctte.17) HA MS Soldier oupporting the head of the man wounded in the chin.18) CU Wounded men (SV).19) MC Doad Japanese burning; smoke rises from his body (SV).20) MCU Bulldozer pushing bushes into bunker (SV).21) LS Four men carrying litter patient.22) LS Large explosion; tree trunke begin crumbling.23) LS PB4Y-1"s warming up engines; sircraft taxios to the otrip (SV).24) LS B-24 taxiing into pocition for take off (SV).25) AV Salvo of bombs being dropped on Iwo Jima; explosion on airetrip26) AV Squadrone of B-24"s in flight.27) AV Iwo Jima as many typos of bombs go off; much smoke (SV).28) AV Convoy underway at sea.29) AV Two B-24"s in flight.30) AV Four B-24"s in flight.31) AV Airstrip on Iwo Jima as the bombs strike (SV).32) MS Squadrons of B-24"s in flight (SV).QUALITY: FAIR TO GOOD

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General Records of the Department of the Navy

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities