Photo #: NH 104141
Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands
"Navy Planes Set Off New 'Volcano" on Iwo Jima -- A
trailing cloud of black smoke hovers over strategic Iwo Jima
in the Pacific, not far from the cratered Mount Suribachi, source
of many volcanic clouds in the past. This was one of the many
Army and Navy blows loosed on the island in a long series of
attacks climaxed by the Marine landings announced today."
Quoted from the original caption, released with this photograph
on 19 February 1945.
The view looks northeastward, with Mount Suribachi and Tobiishi
Point in the foreground. Smoke is coming from fires at the East
Boat Basin. Airfield Number Two is in the distance, with Airfield
Number One between it and Mt. Suribachi.
The shoreline running from just beyond Mt. Suribachi northeast
to the Boat Basin was the scene of Beaches Green, Red (1 & 2),
Yellow (1 & 2) and Blue (1 & 2), which were used during the initial
landings and the follow-on phases of the invasion.
The original print came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's
World War II history project working files. It was provided to
Morison by E.J. Long.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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