Photo #: NH 104205
Iwo Jima Landings, 19 February 1945
"Ready for the Attack -- In full view of enemy observers
on the sides of Mt. Suribachi to the left and ignoring murderous
mortar fire raining upon them from all sides, Fifth Division
Marines worm up the sandy slope from the beach at Iwo Jima in
one of their relentless D-Day assaults." Quoted from the
original picture caption, dated 27 February 1945.
Photographed by Sgt. J.T. Dreyfuss.
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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