Photo #: NH 104366-KN (color)
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
Amphibious tractors (LVT) en route to the Iwo Jima invasion beaches
during the morning of "D-Day", 19 February 1945.
In the left background is USS Tennessee (BB-43), providing
close-in gunfire support for the landings. The northern slope
of Mount Suribachi is faintly visible beyond her. A Fletcher
class destroyer is in the right center background.
Note the smoke and dust rising from the island.
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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