Photo #: NH 104226
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
"Marine Invasion Troops off Iwo Jima Volcano -- Marines
stare over the bow of a Coast Guard LCVP at the volcano which
marks the southern boundary of the assault beach of Iwo Jima
just before landing." Quoted from the original photo caption,
released by the Pacific Fleet, 22 February 1945.
Note the boat's .30 caliber machine gun, and smoke rising from
Mount Suribachi, in the distance. Date of the photo is presumably
the Iwo Jima "D-Day", 19 February 1945.
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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