Photo #: NH 104204
Iwo Jima Landings, 19 February 1945
The first waves of amphibious tractors (LVT) near the assault
landing beaches on Iwo Jima, a few minutes before "H-Hour"
on 19 February 1945. Providing close-in gunfire support are two
Fletcher class destroyers (lower left and lower center)
and the battleship Tennessee (BB-43), in the lower right.
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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