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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

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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02 January 2007