Photo #: NH 104325-KN (color)
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
Bombardment of Iwo Jima's eastern beach, probably just before
the initial landings on 19 February 1945.
Three F4U "Corsair" fighters are banking over the beach
in the center; a Landing Craft, Support (Large) [LCS(L)] is firing
from just offshore at right; and two amphibious tractors (LVT)
are moving toward the beach at left and left 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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