Photo #: NH 104287
"Observers who spotted machine gun nest find its location
on map so they can send information to artillery or mortars to
wipe out the position." (quoted from the original 1945
vintage caption)
Photographed by Sergeant J.T. Dreyfus, this view was probably
taken on Iwo Jima in February-March 1945.
Note pack, entrenching tool, cartridge belt and sheath knife
worn by the Marine at left.
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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