Photo #: 80-G-412491 Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands A Douglas R4D transport plane (center) loads wounded Marines on Iwo Jima's South Airfield, for evacuation to a Navy hospital on Guam, in March 1945. Several Curtiss R5C (C-46) transport planes are parked nearby, with a number of TBM "Avenger" torpedo planes beyond them. The tail of a PBY is at left and a wrecked PB4Y-2 is at right. Six other aircraft are flying in formation over Mount Suribachi, in the left distance. Photographed by a member of the Steichen unit. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 67KB; 740 x 575 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Image posted 26 October 2006