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NH 104134 Iwo Jima Operation, 1945

Photo #: NH 104134 Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
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Title: Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
Description: Landing craft forming up boat waves in preparation for the initial landings on Iwo Jima, 19 February 1945. USS Tennessee (BB-43) is bombarding in the center, flanked by two destroyers. The island is in the distance. The original photograph came from the illustrations package for Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, volume XIV: Victory in the Pacific. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 104134
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