The Battle of Iwo Jima: The Color Footage You've Never Seen

this is the pacific as you know it wide stretches of water but this is the pacific as the joint chiefs of staff viewed a battlefield a vast fortress-studded plane on which key strongholds anchor a japanese defense line guarding the heart of the homeland the american front lines had advanced to guam and saipan ahead now stood iwo jima the most heavily fortified island in the world very deep underground laid 20 years of preparation for murder 20 000 of their toughest fighting men waited for us to make the first move [Music] and they don't have to wait long the navy begins to soften up the island so we can land planes from our carrier force take off to strafe and bomb [Music] [Music] gunboats move in close to work over enemy beach installations enemy fire gets closer so [Music] so [Music] d-day the beginning of the toughest 26 days in marine corps history we watch the central control vessel when this flag drops our landing craft will head for the beach 500 landing craft and 10 waves advance on 3 000 yards of beach [Music] enemy fire keeps us pinned down we want to pull the beach over our heads like a blanket maybe medical corpsmen get our wounded out fast [Music] our tanks come ashore and grind inland [Music] we're able to advance from yellow beach but it's slow going [Music] [Music] we run into trouble on green beach in their fortified positions on mount suribachi the chaps look right down our throats [Music] [Music] we need help we call the command ship standing offshore our message is received the situation map is checked the support air director contacts carrier planes circling the target [Music] the flight leader receives his instructions so [Music] as we insert a buchi from the air supporting ships deliver point-blank fire after 72 hours of continuous pounding our patrols move forward a mortar branch searches out hidden machine gun nests to keep a sharp lookout for snipers [Music] admiral turner gives the order to cease fire our guns are quiet as they make the climb we wait for a sign that suribachi is ours [Music] suribachi is ours a toehold on the southern tip of the island but ahead the main strength of the garrison was entrenched in steel and concrete the show was just beginning navy and coast guardsmen rush supplies ashore for the big push north [Music] [Music] up [Music] you never saw a but fire was coming out of every hole and every rock [Music] [Music] it was tough going many didn't make it [Music] crossfire ahead is murderous rockin trucks go into action so the spot our position we don't even have time to remove our dead there are heavy defenses on the ridges overlooking this plane they draw a beat on us again they chased us off there five times we came back six [Music] we brought in our wounded and we took a breather [Music] the injured are carried to the rear [Music] plasma is given on the way hospital dugouts are ready for anything [Music] and we are ready to advance again [Music] we call for artillery [Music] artillery tool develops at night one of our ammunition dumps goes up [Music] in two weeks we have cleaned out plenty of chaps between here in suribachi but there's still a lot of island to be taken with thousands of chaps fighting from block houses pill boxes and caves we have to go in and dig them out one by one [Music] them up we burn them out [Music] so [Music] while we fought we prayed [Music] wreckage along the beach was only a small part of the cost of 26 days of fighting [Music] beautiful queenie and there were other names too names of our friends [Music] we stacked the helmets of our dead and neat piles helmets of 4 000 men who died to take a tiny island somewhere in the pacific [Music] you're right marine you've taken a tiny island but it's not just eight square miles of rock today it's an american fortress only four hours from tokyo today from your little island giant striking forces are launched against the heart of japan today our planes and ships are blasting the enemy into ashes at the foot of fujiyama with confidence in our armed forces with the unbounding determination of our people we will gain the inevitable triumph so help us god [Music] you

Channel: Pacific War Stories

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Length: 18min 19sec (1099 seconds)

Published: Fri May 06 2022