NH 104287 "Observers who spotted machine gun nest find its location on map so they can send information to artillery or mortars to wipe out the position."

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Title: "Observers who spotted machine gun nest find its location on map so they can send information to artillery or mortars to wipe out the position."

Description: Photo #: NH 104287 Observers who spotted machine gun nest find its location on map so they can send information to artillery or mortars to wipe out the position. (quoted from the original 1945 vintage caption) Photographed by Sergeant J.T. Dreyfus, this view was probably taken on Iwo Jima in February-March 1945. Note pack, entrenching tool, cartridge belt and sheath knife worn by the Marine at left. The original photograph came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's World War II history project working files. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.

Catalog #: NH 104287

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