Photo #: NH 104350-KN (color)
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
USS LCT-1030 and USS LST-731 beached on Iwo Jima,
shortly after the 19 February 1945 landings. Location appears
to be Beach Blue Two.
Note the ship's pattern camouflage, in green tones, and amphibious
tractors (LVT) driving onto 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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