Photo #: NH 104361-KN (color)
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
Explosion (apparently white phosphorus shells or bombs) near
shore on Iwo Jima, during the operation to seize the island in
February 1945.
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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