Photo #: NH 104216
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
LVT(A) mired on an Iwo Jima Beach, about two or three days after
the 19 February 1945 landings. It is marked "A 21"
and carries the nickname "Grzmot".
Mount Suribachi is in the left distance.
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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