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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 104206
Iwo Jima Operation 1945
"This is a view of the invasion beach on Iwo Jima, littered
with tanks and supplies. Marines can be seen advancing against
the stiff Japanese resistance." Quoted from the original
World War II vintage picture caption.
Photographed on or shortly after 19 February 1945.
The original print came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's
World War II history project working files.
Official U.S. Coast Guard Photograph, from the collections
of the Naval Historical Center.
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Image posted 20 November 2006