Photo #: NH 104266
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
Navy and Marine Corps operation leaders examine a relief model
of Iwo Jima, while planning the invasion of that island.
Those present are, from left to right:
Rear Admiral William H. P. Blandy, USN;
Rear Admiral Harry W. Hill, USN;
Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith, USMC; and
Vice Admiral Richmond K. Turner, USN.
The original photograph came from the illustrations package for
Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's "History of the United
States Naval Operations in World WarII", volume XIV: "Victory
in the Pacific".
Official U.S. Navy Photograph from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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