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Photo #: NH 104220

Iwo Jima Operation, 1945


"This is a closeup view of Mount Suribachi, on the southern tip of Iwo Jima, a Japanese strong point where American Marines were meeting stiff opposition from the Nipponese. This photo was made by Lieut. L.S. Willis, USNR, ... Feb. 20." Quoted from the original photo caption, released by Commander-in-Chief, Pacific/Pacific Ocean Areas on 21 February 1945.
Note the zig-zag path up the interior of Suribachi's crater (center). This area was still occupied by the Japanese at the time this photograph was taken.

Collection of James Edwin Bailey. Donated by his wife, Helen McShane Bailey, 2006.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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Image posted 21 November 2006