INVASION OF IWO JIMA Part 1

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1) HA MS Chaplain conducting communion aboard APA.2) HA MLS LCPR underway at sea.3) HA MS LCPR coming alongside transport with several men aboard.4) HA MLS Men climbing Jacob"s ladder on side of ship from LCP.5) MCU Marine helped aboard transport.6) LS Signals sent from bridge of APA.7) LS Beach area, dual 40mm sticking out, FG; men in gun tub.8) LA MS LCP swung over side by boom.9) LS Part of assault force rendezvousing out in water.10) LS Iwo Jima; smoke rising from beach; gun barrels, FG.11) LS Mt. Suribachi; 30 cal. machine gun; explosions on beach; smoke rising from island.12) MLS Two LCP"s alongside each other.13) LS Mt. Suribachi; assault force.14) LS Battleship, destroyers, etc.; battleship bombarding island; man in boat, FG.15) LS Battleship bombarding beach.16) LS NEVADA Class BB bombarding.17) MS Baker flag flying aboard LCVP; men with flash grease on their faces.18) LS Beach of Iwo Jima; columns of white smoke coming from beach.19) LS Explosion on beach from ships" bombardment (SV).20) LS Capsized landing craft, battleship, BG.21) LS Explosion on Mt. Suribachi.22) LS LCI-630.23) LS LCP"s, LCM"s, BG.24) LS LVT"s moving toward beach; Mt. Suribachi, BG; LVT, FG.25) LS Explosions on beach.26) LS Bomber going into a dive; Pan, explosion on beach.27) MS LCVP, loaded with marines, heading for beach.28) LS Beach of Iwo Jima; wreckage of landing craft on beach.29) MLS LCVP, loaded with marines, moving toward beach.30) LA MLS Marines advancing up side of beachhead.31) LS Marines advancing across volcanic ash.32) LS Marine, on hill, bending on one knee, other men, BG, digging in.33) LS Four marines advancing over shell crater.34) LS Marines advancing.35) LS Two LCM"s & an LCP tied up alongside each other, drifting.36) HA MLS Jeep aboard LCVP, which is alongside AP.37) MS Jeep aboard LCVP, which is underway.38) LS Marines on deck of APA preparing to go ashore; equipment on deck.39) LS Assault force.QUALITY: FAIR

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities