General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. Bombardment and invasion of Iwo Jima ; Iwo Jima ; Hospital ships off Iwo Jima ; General Scenes at Iwo Jima

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. Bombardment and invasion of Iwo Jima ; Iwo Jima ; Hospital ships off Iwo Jima ; General Scenes at Iwo Jima

1945

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1) LS Mt. Suribachi and Iwo Jima; bow of destroyer in foreground. 2) LS PAN Invasion fleet off Iwo. 3) LS Mt. Suribachi and Iwo Jima; flashes from guns in foreground. 4) MS Shoreline of Iwo Jima as bombs burst (large explosions). -- 1) HS Corpsmen carry casualty on stretcher on deck USS Indianapolis. 2) MS-PAN High ranking officers, including Admiral Haulsey, Admiral Mitcher, Admiral Nimitz. 3) MS Men fight fire on deck of USS Indianapolis. 4) HS Views of high ranking officers on deck of Indianapolis-SV. -- 1) MS Crippled native. 2) HS Casualties being brought hoisted aboard from vehicle personnel landing craft alongside. 3) HS-MS Casualties carried down gangway to ambulances waiting on dock. 4) GV USS Solace alongside dock, corpsmen carry patients down gangway, place them in ambulances. 5) HS Wounded on stretchers placed in ambulances. 6) GV-Pan Iwo Jima, many auxiliary ships in transport area in foreground. 7) MS Nurses on deck of USS Solace use binoculars. -- 1) LS Rocket launchers on trucks moving into position on Iwo. 2) MS Evacuation of wounded on litter (SV). 3) MS Firing of 4.5" rockets from rocket battery. 4) MS CU Wounded. 5) LS Looking aft at aircraft carriers in column. Planes on deck in foreground. 6) MS Up angle of ensign flying at gaff.

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Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966

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Chester William Nimitz, Sr. (/ˈnɪmɪts/; February 24, 1885 – February 20, 1966) was a fleet admiral of the United States Navy. He played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, commanding Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II. Nimitz was the leading US Navy authority on submarines. Qualified in submarines during his early years, he later oversaw the conversion of these vessels' propu...