Photo #: NH 104224
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
"Going in for the Invasion of Iwo Jima. Marines crouch in
a Coast-Guard manned LCVP on the way in on the first wave to
hit the beach at Iwo Jima, latest stepping stone on the road
to Tokyo." Quoted from the original photo caption, released
by the Pacific Fleet on 22 February 1945.
Note the marking on the jacket back of the Marine in the center
foreground: "3 ... 331".
Collection of James Edwin Bailey. Donated by his wife, Helen
McShane Bailey, 2006.
Official U.S. Coast Guard Photograph, from the collections
of the Naval Historical Center.
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