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NH 104272 Iwo Jima Operation, 1945

Photo #: NH 104272 Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
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Title: Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
Description: Battle A Marine 37mm gun firing on Japanese positions on the slopes of Mt. Suribachi, the volcano on the southern tip of Iwo Jima, where the enemy kept up constant fire on the Marines ... (quoted from the original caption released with this photograph in 1945). Photographed by Cornelius on 21 February 1945. Note the irregular edge at the top of the gun's shield, apparently a camouflage measure, small puff of smoke on Suribachi's lower slope (center) from the impact of this gun's shell, 37mm ammunition and M1 (Garand) rifle in the foreground, and equipment on the landing beach at left. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 104272
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