Photo #: NH 104128
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
"'Alligators' {LVT} carrying Marines from a Coast Guard-manned
invasion transport swing past the mighty USS Tennessee
as she pours broadsides of shells into enemy emplacements on
Iwo Jima. It is H-Hour and the landing craft await the signal
to storm Iwo's beaches the moment the bombardment by the Navy
task force ceases." (quoted from the original 1945 Coast
Guard caption).
Partially visible, at left, is Mount Suribachi.
Official U.S. Coast Guard Photograph, from the collections
of the Naval Historical Center.
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