Photo #: NH 104221
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
"A U.S. Navy hospital ship lies just outside the fighting
invasion fleet off Iwo Jima, ready to receive and evacuate casulaties
in the bitter battle with the Japanese on the island. This photo
was made by Lieut. L.S. Willis, USNR, ... February 20."
Quoted from the original photo caption, released by Commander-in-Chief,
Pacific/Pacific Ocean Areas on 21 February 1945.
The hospital ship (at the bottom center) is USS Samaritan
(AH-10). In the background are several LSTs, LSMs, LCI(L) types
and PCs, with large numbers of landing craft maneuvering in their
vicinity.
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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