[Iwo Jima] : [combat actualities, broadcasts of the battle and fighting men during the bloodiest battle of World War II].
Battle of Iwo Jima. combat actualities, broadcasts of the battle and fighting men during the bloodiest battle of World War II.
| Language: | English |
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[1945]
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic audio file (59 min., 35 sec.) : digital, WAV file. |
| Format: | Software Audio |
Contents:
- Bulletin from Guam ... probably the first stateside news that there was such a place as Iwo Jima
- Report from a battleship offthe coast of Iwo Jima
- Marines recording abroad a troopship, singing onthe night before "hitting the beach"
- The actual beach-head landing
- Joint report by two correspondents, one off the coast, the other back on recently captured Guam
- Walkie-talkie conversations between two tank commanders in battle
- A description of a flight over the fighting
- Interviews with Marines during a lull in the fighting
- Secretary of the Navy Forrestal
- Admiral Turner and General Smith discuss the raising of the flag on Mt. Suribachi
- Description of the battle for Motoyama Airfield #1
- Tanks in battle
- Report on the desolation from "a piece of hell" on Iwo Jima
- Interviews with Marine doctors and corpsmen. Lighter fluid and Jap stupidity
- Interviews with Marine doctors and corpsmen
- The Saga of the "Iwo Weenie"
- Report from Admiral Turner's flagship
- The Iwo Jima Facelift
- Two stories of blood on Iwo
- Broadcast from the top of Mt. Suribachi.