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NH 104229 Iwo Jima Operation, 1945

Photo #: NH 104229 Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
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Title: Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
Description: Wrecked American Landing Craft at Iwo Jima Beach. Broken and battered, these American landing craft were wrecked while carrying Marines ashore at the Japanese Island of Iwo. Shell craters and foxholes pock mark the beach. This picture was made by Lt. L.S. Willis, USNR, ... February 20th. Quoted from the original photo caption, released by Commander-in-Chief, Pacific/Pacific Ocean Areas on 21 February 1945. Most of these wrecks are LCVPs, but an LCM is in the left center. The ship ashore in the upper right is a small Japanese steamer. Collection of James Edwin Bailey. Donated by his wife, Helen McShane Bailey, 2006. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 104229
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