Photo #: NH 104292
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
"Major Richard Fogan (sic, actually Fagan), now C.O.
of Third Bn., 26th Marines, since death of Lieutenant Colonel
(Tom M.) Trotti, examines aerial photos through stereoscope,
assisted by Captain Pierson, who is Bn.-3 officer since death
of Major (William R.) Day." (quoted, with given names added
in parentheses, from the original 1945 vintage photo caption).
Photographed by D.G. Christian.
LtCol. Trotti and Major Day (the 26th Marines' operations officer)
were killed by the same mortar shell during the morning of 22
February 1945, while their regiment was attacking Japanese positions
near Iwo Jima's Airfield Number Two.
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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