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Photo #: 80-G-412523

Iwo Jima Operation, February-March 1945


Curtiss SB2C-4 "Helldiver" bombers return to their carrier after a mission supporting Marines fighting on Iwo Jima, March 1945.
The planes' tail markings indicate that they are from USS Lexington (CV-16).
Photographed by a member of the Steichen unit.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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Image posted 6 November 2006