Photo #: NH 104315-KN (color)
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
LCS(L), in right center, bombarding the shore, probably during
the pre-landing bombardment of Iwo Jima, circa 19 February
1945.
Note the splashes just offshore in the center of the photo, and
explosions and smoke inland from the beach.
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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