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NH 104585 Iwo Jima Operation, February-March 1945

Photo #: NH 104585 Iwo Jima Operation, February-March 1945
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Title: Iwo Jima Operation, February-March 1945
Description: Jap Soldier Taken Alive in Iwo's Fury. Marine guards muster the first Japanese prisoners taken in the battle for Iwo Jima, on the deck of a Coast Guard-manned invasion transport standing off that fire-swept island. Here, one of the Nips is ordered to move along the deck toward the ship's brig. Enemy casualties have been high in the fanatical defense of Iwo and very few have elected to surrender before the crushing American power. (quoted from the original caption released on 8 March 1945 by the Public Relations Division, U.S. Coast Guard, Washington, D.C.). The original photograph came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's World War II history project working files. Official U.S. Coast Guard Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 104585
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