General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities, ca. 1947 - 1980. Marine cemetery, Iwo Jima, 4/11/1945.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

DigitalArchivalResource

General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities, ca. 1947 - 1980. Marine cemetery, Iwo Jima, 4/11/1945.

1945

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/79038

1) MS Priest dons robe preparatory to celebrating mass. 2) MS-CU Priest prays-SV. 3) CU Cross with name Swenton, S.A. Pfc. 4) MS Kneel in cemetery while priest celebrates mass. 5) MS Priest gives wafers to communicants. 6) CU Men kneeling in prayer-SV. 7) CU Star of David on grave marked USNR Sanders, S. 8) MS Three men walk along between graves in cemetery. 9) CU Cross on grave with name Basilone, John. 10) CU John Basilone's dog tags on cross. 11) CU Dog tags, Fox D. on cross. 12) CU Cross on grave at Stivers, C.H.; Cross with name Schwewers; Cross with name of Salapata; Mangul, C.W.; star with Levitt, C.D., C.M. Trotti, T.M. Lt. Col. Lumpkin, O.B. Cansonearl, T.P., cross with "Unidentified" number 8; Malloy, M.W. Cifarella, J.J.; Zephy W.T.; Hutton, J. 13) LS-UA TBM in flight. 14) LS-UA F6F in flight. 15) LS-UA F6F fires rockets-SV. 16) MS Rockets fired from jeep. 17) MS Marines crouch in shell crater-SV. 18) MS Marines load and fire small field piice. SV.

eng, Latn

National Archives at College Park

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 11624097

National Archives at College Park

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Basilone, John, 1916-1945

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vb8zck (person)

John Basilone (November 4, 1916 – February 19, 1945) was a United States Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for heroism above and beyond the call of duty during the Battle for Henderson Field in the Guadalcanal Campaign, and the Navy Cross posthumously for extraordinary heroism during the Battle of Iwo Jima. He was the only enlisted Marine to receive both of these decorations in World War II. He enlisted in the Marine Corps on June 3, 1940, after serving three years...