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NH 104371-KN Iwo Jima Operation, 1945

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Title: Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
Description: Scene on an Iwo Jima landing beach, circa late February 1945. A broached Landing Craft, Mechanized (LCM) from USS Belle Grove (LSD-2) is in the center foreground. Several amphibious tractors (LVT) are among the vehicles on the beach, amid scattered supplies and mounds of volcanic ash. 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 104371-KN
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