Photo #: NH 104369-KN (color)
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
Explosion near the eastern shoreline of Iwo Jima, on or shortly
after 19 February 1945, when U.S. Marines landed on the island.
This view, which looks to westward, was taken in the late afternoon.
Note the fire burning in the left center and the small Japanese
steamer (faintly visible) wrecked at left.
An amphibious truck (DUKW) is passing in the left foreground.
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 Historical Center Photograph.
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