Photo #: NH 104316-KN (color)
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
Explosions near the Iwo Jima shore, probably during the pre-landing
bombardment, circa 19 February 1945.
Photographed from a USS Sanborn (APA-193) landing craft.
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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