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Photo # NH 104311-KN: LVTs off Iwo Jima during the landings there, 19 February 1945.  Photographed by Lt. Howard W. Whalen, USNR

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-- EVENTS -- World War II in the Pacific --

Iwo Jima Operation, February - March 1945
-- Howard W. Whalen's Color Photographs of the 19 February 1945 Landings


This page features color photographs concerning the initial landings on Iwo Jima, taken by Lieutenant Howard W. Whalen on 19 February 1945.

  • This page emphasizes views with amphibious tractors (LVTs) approaching or operating along the beach area, with Mount Suribachi and/or invasion support ships also visible.

    For additional images of this subject, see:

  • Iwo Jima Operation -- H.W. Whalen's Color Photographs of the 19 February 1945 Landings (Part II).

    For other views related to the initial Iwo Jima landings, see:

  • Iwo Jima Operation -- The "D-Day" Landings, 19 February 1945.

    For other Howard W. Whalen color photographs of the Iwo Jima operation, see::

  • Iwo Jima Operation -- H.W. Whalen's Color Photographs of Pre-landing Bombardment, circa 19 Feb. 1945.

    For other pictures concerning the Iwo Jima Operation, see:

  • Iwo Jima Operation, February - March 1945 -- Overview and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     


    For additional images of this subject, see:

  • Iwo Jima Operation -- H.W. Whalen's Color Photographs of the 19 February 1945 Landings (Part II).

    For other views related to the initial Iwo Jima landings, see:

  • Iwo Jima Operation -- The "D-Day" Landings, 19 February 1945.

    For other Howard W. Whalen color photographs of the Iwo Jima operation, see::

  • Iwo Jima Operation -- H.W. Whalen's Color Photographs of Pre-landing Bombardment, circa 19 Feb. 1945.

    For other pictures concerning the Iwo Jima Operation, see:

  • Iwo Jima Operation, February - March 1945 -- Overview and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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