Photo #: NH 104318-KN (color)
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
U.S. Marine amphibious tractor (LVT) off Iwo Jima, February
1945. Landing craft from USS Sanborn (APA-193) are in
the background.
Note marking "5B" and nickname "Moon Glow"
on this LVT.
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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