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80-G-304847: Battle for Iwo Jima, February-March 1945

80-G-304847: Battle for Iwo Jima, February-March 1945. After their own gun was knocked out on Iwo Jima, Marines of the Fifth Division took over this captured Hotchkiss machine gun and gave the enemy back some of its down lead. Shown, (left to right): Corporal A.R. Cassavant and Corporal Thomas McLennon. Photograph released February 25, 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/01/19).
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Caption: Battle for Iwo Jima, February-March 1945. After their own gun was knocked out on Iwo Jima, Marines of the Fifth Division took over this captured Hotchkiss machine gun and gave the enemy back some of its down lead. Shown, (left to right): Corporal A.R. Cassavant and Corporal Thomas McLennon. Photograph released February 25, 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/01/19).
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