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NH 104293 Iwo Jima Operation, 1945

Photo #: NH 104293 Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
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Title: Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
Description: Canine Warrior - Crouching in a foxhole they share on Iwo Jima are Marine Corporal Virgil W. Burgess and his courier dog, Prince. Burgess is giving instructions to the dog which will shortly jump out of the foxhole and carry a message to another point on the Iwo battlefield. This picture was made during the week following D-Day on Iwo, February 19th. (quoted from the original photo caption released on 28 February 1945). The original photograph came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's World War II history project working files. It was provided to Morison by E.J. Long. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 104293
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