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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-K-2972 (Color)

Iwo Jima Operation, 1945

View of the southern part of the island, with Mount Suribachi at right, soon after the initial landings, 19 February 1945.
Note ships firing from off Iwo Jima's eastern shore, and landing craft moving away from the landing beach area.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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Image posted 10 November 2006