Photo #: NH 104143
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
"Star-shells over Iwo -- Illuminating shells fired in from
supporting warships light up the dark no-man's land between Jap
front lines and the lines of the Third Marine Division on Iwo
Jima. The star-shells were parachuted in from the sea every minute
or two as a safeguard against enemy infiltration." Quoted
from the original caption, released with this photograph on 2
March 1945.
Photographed by Sergeant Robert Scheer, USMC.
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. Marine Corps Photograph, from the collections
of the Naval Historical Center.
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