Photo #: NH 104574
Iwo Jima Operation, February-March 1945
"Red Stands for Iwo Jima. With a gigantic roar, a U.S. ammunition
dump explodes, set off by a direct hit from a Jap shell during
night action on Iwo Jima. This is a 'Still' from the Navy, Marine
and Coast Guard Film 'To the Shores of Iwo Jima'." (quoted
from the original photo caption, released on 24 May 1945).
The original photograph came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's
World War II history project working files. It was provided to
Morison by E.J. Long.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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