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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-K-3853 (Color)

Okinawa Invasion, April 1945

LVT amphibious tractors head for the Okinawa landing beaches on 1 April 1945. USS LCI(G)-809 is partially visible at left, helping to cover the assault.
Photographed from USS West Virginia (BB-48).

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

Online Image: 75KB; 585 x 765 pixels

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10 August 2004