Photo #: NH 104211
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
Beach scene at Iwo Jima about two or three days after the 19
February 1945 landings, showing the beach cluttered with wrecked
LVTs, landing craft and other debris.
USS LST-477 is in the extreme right background.
The original print came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's
World War II history project working files. It was provided to
Morison by Ellery Sedgwick, Jr.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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