Photo #: NH 104214
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
View looking out over an Iwo Jima beach, shortly after the 19
February 1945 landings.
Note the broken pieces of reinforced concrete in the foreground,
and the invasion shipping on the beach and offshore.
The original print came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's
World War II history project working files. It was provided to
Morison by Admiral William H.P. Blandy, USN.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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