Photo #: NH 104322-KN (color)
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
Landing craft underway off Iwo Jima's eastern shore during the
initial day of landings, 19 February 1945. The boat nearest the
camera is an LCM.
Note the smoke shrouding Mount Suribachi (left), large explosion
at Suribachi's base, smoke inland from the landing beaches, and
what appears to be a flare falling over the island (center).
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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