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Photo #: 80-G-304745

Iwo Jima Operation, 1945


Four Grumman F6F "Hellcat" fighters sweep over Iwo Jima's rugged northern area, during air strikes in support of Marines on the ground, 21 February 1945.
Ships of the invasion fleet are in the distance.
Photographed from a USS Yorktown (CV-10) plane.

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

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Image posted 3 November 2006