Photo #: NH 104364-KN (color)
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
Explosions and smoke just offshore and on Iwo Jima, probably
during the pre-landing bombardment, circa 19 February 1945.
Note the yellow smoke (right), shell splashes in the water (center),
dark bursts in the air (left center), and boats operating close
to shore (left and right center).
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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