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127-GW-304-110374: Battle for Iwo Jima, February-March 1945

127-GW-304-110374: Battle for Iwo Jima, February-March 1945. Marines on embattled Iwo Jima move up to the front through scores of wrecked Japanese planes, victims of our pre-invasion strikes. Hundreds of Marines were killed and wounded taking Motoyama Airfield part of which is shown in the photograph. Photographed by TSgt, George B. Kress, February 23, 1945. Official U.S. Marine Corps photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/02/17).
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Caption: Battle for Iwo Jima, February-March 1945. Marines on embattled Iwo Jima move up to the front through scores of wrecked Japanese planes, victims of our pre-invasion strikes. Hundreds of Marines were killed and wounded taking Motoyama Airfield part of which is shown in the photograph. Photographed by TSgt, George B. Kress, February 23, 1945. Official U.S. Marine Corps photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/02/17).
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