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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 89382
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
Amphibious tractors (LVT) pass astern of a battleship, during
the bombardment of Iwo Jima just prior to the landings there,
19 February 1945.
Note the 40mm quadruple gun mount in the foreground, and Mount
Suribachi in the background.
Courtesy of Robert O. Baumrucker, 1978.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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