Photo #: NH 104585
Iwo Jima Operation, February-March 1945
"Jap Soldier Taken Alive in Iwo's Fury. Marine guards muster
the first Japanese prisoners taken in the battle for Iwo Jima,
on the deck of a Coast Guard-manned invasion transport standing
off that fire-swept island. Here, one of the Nips is ordered
to move along the deck toward the ship's brig. Enemy casualties
have been high in the fanatical defense of Iwo and very few have
elected to surrender before the crushing American power."
(quoted from the original caption released on 8 March 1945 by
the Public Relations Division, U.S. Coast Guard, Washington,
D.C.).
The original photograph came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's
World War II history project working files.
Official U.S. Coast Guard Photograph, from the collections
of the Naval Historical Center.
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