Photo #: NH 104347-KN (color)
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
USS LST-731 beached on Iwo Jima, shortly after the 19
February 1945 landings. Location appears to be Beach Blue Two,
at the northern end of the island's eastern landing beaches.
Note the ship's pattern camouflage, in green tones.
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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