Photo #: NH 104311-KN (color)
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
Amphibious tractors (LVT) underway off Iwo Jima during the landings
there, circa 19 February 1945. The island is in the distance,
shrouded in smoke, with Mount Suribachi at the extreme left.
Original 35mm Kodachrome transparency, photographed by Lieutenant
Howard W. Whalen, USNR, Boat Group Commander, USS Sanborn
(APA-193).
Collection of Lieutenant Commander Howard W. Whalen, USNR. Donated
by Mrs. Nadine Whalen, 1997.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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