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NH 104230 Iwo Jima Operation, 1945

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Title: Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
Description: Marines take Shelter on Iwo Jima. With the battle raging close by, American Marines pause for a much-neaded rest in shell craters and fox holes the day after they went ashore on Iwo Jima. This aerial picture was made by Lieutenant L.S. Willis, USNR. Quoted from the original photo caption, released by Commander-in-Chief, Pacific/Pacific Ocean Areas on 21 February 1945. The photograph was taken on 20 February 1945. Collection of James Edwin Bailey. Donated by his wife, Helen McShane Bailey, 2006. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 104230
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