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Photo: Iwo Jima Leadership

<p>Navy and Marine Corps leadership aboard USS Eldorado (AGC-11) during Iwo Jima campaign. Photo is signed by James Forrestal: &quot;To a competent, fighting Navy Man, Vice-Admiral Kelly Turner.&quot;</p>
Title: Turner-Forrestal
Caption: Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, LtGen H. M. Smith, USMC, RADM Harry W. Hill, USN, and VADM Richmond Kelly Turner, USN, aboard USS Eldorado (AGC-11) during Iwo Jima campaign, Feb. 20, 1945. Photo is signed by James Forrestal: "To a competent, fighting Navy man, Vice-Admiral Kelly Turner."
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