30 Jan 2023 Garand Picture of the Day

[Sarge1998]

I found a few stills from the The Sands of Iwo Jima (49) and compared the LVT's from the Tarawa assault with the Iwo assault, they appear the same. The same number 111 is definitely in both scenes, and the palm trees are leaning the same way in movie stills compared to this still. "The movie was made on location in California. Scenes were filmed at the Marine Corps Base at Camp Pendleton, Leo Carrillo State Beach, Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, Janss Conejo Ranch, Thousand Oaks, Republic Studios and Universal Studios. Actual combat footage from the Pacific War was also used in the film". The movie should be somewhat realistic as far as movies go, Col. David Shoup (MOH) and Tarawa veteran was a technical advisor.