Photo #: NH 104324-KN (color)
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
U.S. Marine Corps amphibious tractors (LVT) underway off
Iwo Jima, probably during the "D-Day" landings, 19
February 1945.
Note splashes offshore in the right center, and bombardment smoke
and dust on and 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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