Photo #: NH 104229
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
"Wrecked American Landing Craft at Iwo Jima Beach. Broken
and battered, these American landing craft were wrecked while
carrying Marines ashore at the Japanese Island of Iwo. Shell
craters and foxholes pock mark the beach. This picture was made
by Lt. L.S. Willis, USNR, ... February 20th." Quoted from
the original photo caption, released by Commander-in-Chief, Pacific/Pacific
Ocean Areas on 21 February 1945.
Most of these wrecks are LCVPs, but an LCM is in the left center.
The ship ashore in the upper right is a small Japanese steamer.
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.
Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 615 pixels |
Note: Three small patches of the original print's
emulsion have been torn away (at left). |