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NH 104366-KN Iwo Jima Operation, 1945

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Title: Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
Description: Amphibious tractors (LVT) en route to the Iwo Jima invasion beaches during the morning of D-Day, 19 February 1945. In the left background is USS Tennessee (BB-43), providing close-in gunfire support for the landings. The northern slope of Mount Suribachi is faintly visible beyond her. A Fletcher class destroyer is in the right center background. Note the smoke and dust rising from the island. Original 35mm Kodachrome transparency, photographed by Lieutenant Howard W. Whalen, USNR, Boat Group Commander, USS Sanborn (APA-193). Collection of Lieutenant Commander Howard W. Whalen, USNR. Donated by Mrs. Nadine Whalen, 1997. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 104366-KN
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