SCENES AT ARTILLERY BATTERIES ON IWO Part 3
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1) MS Gun pits on Workman Island.2) MS Field howitzers firing from gun pits.3) CU Marine fuses howitzer shell.4) GV Battery as guns fire-SV.5) CU Man examines field pack.6) LS Flame throwing.7) MS Shipboard as catholic chaplain conducts service-SV.8) CU Anchor chain slides through hawse pipe.9) CU Anchor as it comes out of water10) CU Man sleeping on deck.11) MS-CU Damaged duck showing shrapnel holes in side.12) MS Field howitzer battery in position on Iwo Jima Beach.13) CU Gunners as howitzer is fired.14) GV Gun batteries, guns firing.15) MS-CU Field howitzer is attached to LVT for towing.16) CU Gunners at field howitzer await orders to fire, gun is fired.17) MS Gun pit showing gun crew of field howitzer, invasion fleet off shore-BG, gun is fired-SV.18) MS-Pan Gun battery as gun is fired-SV.QUALITY: GENERALLY GOOD.
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General Records of the Department of the Navy
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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities
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