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Photo #: NH 104231

Iwo Jima Operation, 1945


"Marines Dug In at Iwo Jima. American Marines who stormed ashore at the Japanese stronghold of Iow Jima, take shelter in foxholes and shell craters halfway across the island a few hundred yards from the front lines February 20, the day after landing. An Amtrac is seen moving along the road. An American gun position has been set up (top of picture), while at right another gun position is being established. This airview was made by Lt. L.S. Willis, USNR." Quoted from the original photo caption, released by Commander-in-Chief, Pacific/Pacific Ocean Areas on 21 February 1945.
Note camouflage netting covering positions in the center of the view and in the lower left. Sandbags have been extensively used around the field gun positions and in other places.

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 23 November 2006