General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. BOMBARDMENT OF IWO JIMA: ADM. TURNER, SECNAV amp; GEN. SMITH ON FLAG BRIDGE

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. BOMBARDMENT OF IWO JIMA: ADM. TURNER, SECNAV amp; GEN. SMITH ON FLAG BRIDGE

1945

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1) CU-MS Secretary of the Navy. Forrestal, Adm. Turner & Gen. Smith on flag bridge of USS ELDORADO: they use binocs, converse; Secretary of the Navy smokes pipe, etc.-SV.2) LS Mt. Suribachi, landing craft activites FG.3) MS TBF flies over, drops message, 40mm guns FG.4) GV Shipping including AOs & AKs anchored off hilly shoreline, signal flags & 20mm guns FG.5) LS Smoking Iwo Jima shoreline, explosions seen at base of Mt. Suribachi, landing craft activity off shore FG.6) LS-Pan Mt. Suribachi & Iwo Jima framing in king-posts & aerial wires of AGC FG.7) MS-Pan Iwo Jima shoreline smoking under bombardment, landing craft FG.8) CU-MS Adm. Turner & Secretary of the Navy Forrestal on flag bridge reading messages, etc. (out of focus)9) LS Mt. Suribachi, flag locker FG.10) LS Mt. Suribachi, smoke column rising from base, DD close in shore, explosions seen at base, DD firing.11) LS Shaky pan of Mt. Suribachi & Iwo Jima showing many explosions, bursts of smoke, DD close in shore firing-SV.QUALITY: GENERALLY FAIR, SOME OUT OF FOCUS, SOME UX.

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Forrestal, James, 1892-1949

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James Vincent Forrestal (February 15, 1892 – May 22, 1949) was the last Cabinet-level United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense. Forrestal came from a very strict middle class Irish Catholic family. He was a successful financier on Wall Street before becoming Undersecretary of the Navy in 1940, shortly before the United States entered the Second World War. He became Secretary of the Navy in May 1944 upon the death of his superior, Frank Knox. Preside...

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Richmond K. Turner (1885-1961) was born in Portland, Oregon. He attended high school in Stockton, California, before his appointment to the Naval Academy. Graduating with distinction in June 1908, fifth in a class of 201, he served the two years at sea then required by law, before being commissioned ensign in June 1910. After graduation in 1908, he served consecutively in Milwaukee (C-21), Preble (TB-12), and West Virginia (ACR-5) until June 1912, when he joined Stewart (DD-13), assuming command...

Smith, Holland M. (Holland McTyeire), 1882-1967

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