Photo #: NH 104589
Iwo Jima Operation, February-March 1945
Vehicles on Iwo Jima's "Red" Beach, circa 25 February
1945, with USS LST-884 (center) and USS LST-929
(at left, with "H" markings on her hull) unloading
in the background.
Among the vehicles are trucks, mobile cranes, amphibious tractors
(LVTs), jeeps and a variety of trailers. A field artillery piece
is being pulled along in the right center.
Note the pierced steel matting roadways.
The original photograph came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's
World War II history project working files.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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