Photo #: NH 104353-KN (color)
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
Several Landing Craft, Support (Large) [LCS(L)] guide landing
craft toward the beach off Iwo Jima, probably on 19 February
1945. Note explosions, smoke and dust on the island. Mount Suribachi
is in the left distance.
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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