Iwo Jima, mine disposal, equipment repair Part 1

Description

l) MS-CU Marines install new blade on bulldozer (SV). [There is no item #2] 3) MS Repaired bulldozer with new blade drives away. 4) MS-CU Marines repair shaft with electric welding (SV). 5) MS Bomb disposal truck backed up to dead 16" shells. 6) MS Bomb disposal truck backed up to dead shell dump, Marines lower dead shells to ground, many dead FG. 7) MS Many LVTs approach dead shell dump. 8) HS Marines load dead 5" shells into LVT (SV). 9) CU Marines stack 5" & various other small caliber shells into LVT. 10) MS Marines place dead rocket & mortar shells in LVT. 11) MS Marines place disarmed beached mine in LVT.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities