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NH 104204 Iwo Jima Landings, 19 February 1945

Photo #: NH 104204 Iwo Jima Landings, 19 February 1945
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Title: Iwo Jima Landings, 19 February 1945
Description: The first waves of amphibious tractors (LVT) near the assault landing beaches on Iwo Jima, a few minutes before H-Hour on 19 February 1945. Providing close-in gunfire support are two Fletcher class destroyers (lower left and lower center) and the battleship Tennessee (BB-43), in the lower right. The original print came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's World War II history project working files. It was provided to Morison by E.J. Long. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 104204
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