Sands of Iwo Jima
Movie (1949)
French title : Iwo Jima
Starring:
John Wayne (Sgt. John M. Stryker)
John Agar (PFC Peter T. "Pete" Conway)
Adele Mara (Allison Bromley)
Forrest Tucker (PFC Al J. Thomas)
Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist. But when their boots hit the beaches, they begin to understand the reason for Stryker's rigid form of discipline.
Vought F4U Corsair
FF62 :
Another one wearing FF51 is too catapulted.
Corsairs of VMF-351, Marines corps, USS Cape Gloucester, 1945. This unit did not take part in Iwo Jima, but fought in the Battle of Okinawa.
Grumman TBF Avenger
Nota : the beaching showing the FMC LVT-3 Bushmasters reaching the shore includes a crashed plane, maybe a Grumman F6F Hellcat.
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