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Photo #: NH 104319-KN (color)

Iwo Jima Operation, 1945

Explosions and fires on the beach and inland on Iwo Jima, probably during the pre-landing bombardment, circa 19 February 1945
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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Image posted 8 November 2006
Caption corrected 31 December 2006