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NH 104278 Iwo Jima Operation, 1945

Photo #: NH 104278 Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
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Title: Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
Description: Up the Slope - A reserve wave of Fourth Division Marines, burrowed into the black sand of Iwo Jima, awaits its turn to move up on D-Day, February 19. Almost lost in the smoke haze over the battlefield, the attack line ahead is charging forward. (quoted from the original caption released with this photograph on 25 February 1945). Photographed by Kauffman. Note the airplane in the upper right corner of this image. The original photograph 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. Marine Corps Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 104278
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