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NH 104369-KN Iwo Jima Operation, 1945

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Title: Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
Description: Explosion near the eastern shoreline of Iwo Jima, on or shortly after 19 February 1945, when U.S. Marines landed on the island. This view, which looks to westward, was taken in the late afternoon. Note the fire burning in the left center and the small Japanese steamer (faintly visible) wrecked at left. An amphibious truck (DUKW) is passing in the left foreground. 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 104369-KN
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