Photo #: NH 104294
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
"Two Marines --- 'Dutch', a Doberman Pinscher Marine War
Dog stands guard as his partner, Pvt. Reg Hester ..., of the
Fifth Marine Division, grabs a little sleep in a volcanic ash
foxhole on Iwo Jima. Teams like this eliminated many Jap snipers
who played dead inside of blasted pillboxes." (quoted from
the original photo caption released on 27 February 1945).
Note pack and M1 Carbine on the foxhole lip.
The original photograph came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's
World War II history project working files. It was provided to
Morison by E.J. Long.
Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, from the collections
of the Naval Historical Center.
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