Photo #: NH 104286
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
"Advance on the Double -- Burdened with heavy packs and
equipment, Marine Communicators dash for cover during the inland
drive from the Iwo Beachhead." (quoted from the original
1945 vintage caption).
Taken by Newcomb, the photograph shows one Marine moving forward
in center, carrying a Winchester M1912 shotgun. The Marine in
the foreground is holding an M1 Carbine with a grenade launcher
attachment. Mount Suribachi is in the left distance.
The original photograph came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's
World War II history project working files.
Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, from the collections
of the Naval Historical Center.
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