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NH 104340-KN Iwo Jima Operation, 1945

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Title: Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
Description: Ships off Iwo Jima, circa 19 February 1945. USS Idaho (BB-42) is in the center, with a flash amidships indicating that she is firing her five-inch secondary battery at targets ashore. Original 35mm Kodachrome transparency, photographed by Lieutenant Howard W. Whalen, USNR, Boat Group Commander, USS Sanborn (APA-193). Collection of Lieutenant Commander Howard W. Whalen, USNR. Donated by Mrs. Nadine Whalen, 1997. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 104340-KN
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