Photo #: NH 104340-KN (color)
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
Ships off Iwo Jima, circa 19 February 1945.
USS Idaho (BB-42) is in the center, with a flash amidships
indicating that she is firing her five-inch secondary battery
at targets ashore.
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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