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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 104145

Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands


Fires and explosions on Iwo Jima's Airfield # 1, resulting from a bombardment delivered by heavy cruisers of Cruiser Division Ten, 2 July 1944. Note the tightly grouped aircraft parked in the center of the image. Airfield # 2 is in the upper right of the photograph.
Taken from a USS Boston (CA-69) aircraft.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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Image posted 10 November 2006