Experience the American Journey through our country's visual heritage in this historical recording provided by the National Archives of the United States.From of the United News collection, a World War II news series created to boost morale at home and abroad.
INVASION OF IWO-JIMA, 1945: War footage from the invasion of Iwo-Jima.
U.S. TROOPS RETURN TO CORREGIDOR [ETC],1945: 1. Gen. Wainwright surrenders to Gen. Yamashita on Corregidor in 1942. Airborne troops and the 8th Army land on the island in 1945. 2. Wounded veterans debark at a New York City harbor. 3. Joseph C. Grew, in Washington, D.C., welcomes Egyptian and Turkish envoys. 4. Allied planes bomb cities in central Germany.
MARINES RAISE FLAG OVER IWO JIMA,1945: 1. 5th Div. Marines advance on Iwo Jima behind artillery, naval, and aerial bombardment. 2. Sec. Of State Stettinius signs the Chapultepec Pact at the Inter-American Conference, Mexico City. 3. Carrier-based planes bomb the Tokyo area. 4. The 9th Army crosses the Rhine. Gens. Eisenhower and W.H. Simpson inspect positions. Russian prisoners are liberated. German atrocities are discovered.
MANILA ENTIRELY FREE IN SAVAGE LAST-DITCH BATTLE,1945: 1. U.S. Troops fight in Manila streets and care for refugees. Gen. MacArthur sees the American flag raised on Corregidor. 2. UNRRA loads ships with clothing for Europe. Henry J. Kaiser. 3. The War Memorial Bldg. In San Francisco is readied for the U.N. Sec. Of State Stettinius and Senators Connally and Vandenberg visit President Roosevelt at the White House. Stettinius explains the U.N. Purposes. 4. The 1st Army enters Cologne. Allied troops capture bridges across the Rhine.
ASSAULT ON OKINAWA,1945: 1. British and U.S. Carrier-based planes bomb Okinawa. 2. The Navy demonstrates a new aerial fire bomb. 3. Cargo ships are launched at Houston, Texas, under the French flag, and the aircraft carrier Midway is launched at Newport News, Virginia. 4. Troops of the 1st, 3rd, 7th, and 9th Infantry Divisions assault cities in the Saar Basin with tanks and rocket launchers.
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