Photo #: NH 104198
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
Landing ships and craft unloading on Iwo Jima's eastern beaches,
25 February 1945.
Photographed from Mount Suribachi by SSgt. Mark Haufman, the
view looks north from the vicinity of the Red Beaches. Note roads
leading inland, LVTs and other vehicles in the vicinity and small
Japanese ship wrecked on the beach (right center).
Identifiable ships include (from bottom to top): LST-715,
LST-790, LST-724, LSM-242, LCT-892
(probably), LCT-1028, LST-224, LST-784,
LSM-43, LCI(L)-1077, LSM-140, LSM-47,
LST-779 and LSM-202.
Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, from the collections
of the Naval Historical Center.
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