Photo #: NH 104365-KN (color)
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
Ships off Iwo Jima, probably early in the morning of 19 February
1945. The camouflaged light cruiser in the left center is USS
Vincennes (CL-64). Two Fletcher class destroyers
are in the right center.
Note smoke rising from Iwo Jima, in the 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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