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80-G-49209: Battle for Iwo Jima, February 19, 1945

80-G-49209: Battle for Iwo Jima, February 19, 1945. Personal effects of U.S. Marines who fell in battle on Iwo Jima. Hands gently smooth the sand and grime of the battlefield and from the knapsack of U.S. Marine Corps Sargent John Basilone, Jr., Medal of Honor recipient for his gallantry on Guadalcanal. Note, for the Battle for Iwo Jima, Basilone received the Navy Cross. Photograph received May 24, 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/12/02).
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Caption: Battle for Iwo Jima, February 19, 1945. Personal effects of U.S. Marines who fell in battle on Iwo Jima. Hands gently smooth the sand and grime of the battlefield and from the knapsack of U.S. Marine Corps Sargent John Basilone, Jr., Medal of Honor recipient for his gallantry on Guadalcanal. Note, for the Battle for Iwo Jima, Basilone received the Navy Cross. Photograph received May 24, 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/12/02).
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