Photo #: NH 104326-KN (color)
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
Amphibious tractors (LVT) move toward the beach off Iwo Jima,
probably just before the initial landings on 19 February 1945.
Note the shell splashing just offshore, in the center, while
others explode on 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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