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Iwo Jima, handling of casualties Part 2

Description

1) MS-CU Corpse on ground with white marker. 2) MS-Pan Marine with wounded foot carried past on litter. 3) MS Marines walk single-file through rough terrain. 4) MS Corpsmen carry casualty on stretcher. 5) CU Man traces with pencil route of travel on map. 6) MS Japanese corpses-SV. 7) MS Marines with flame throwers-SV. 8) MS-CU Corpsmen carry casualties into dispensary. 9) CU Corpsmen load stretcher casualties into jeep. 10) MS Marine cuts ends from oil drums with pick axe. 11) MS-Pan Tents in revetment-SV. 12) LS-Pan Marines marching, tanks in background, tents in foreground. 13) MS-CU Marine shovels gravel around empty oil drums. 14) MS-Pan Marines set latrine on top of oil drums. 15) MS Marine dental officer at work-SV. 16) MS Stretcher casualty carried into surgical tent. 17) CU Wounded Marine being given food and water. 18) LS-Pan Supply depot. 19) MS-Pan Carrying stores and food containers-SV. 20) MS-Pan Chow line.

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Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities

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Date
1945-03-17
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TRT
3:33