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NH 104580 Iwo Jima Operation, February-March 1945

Photo #: NH 104580 Iwo Jima Operation, February-March 1945
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Title: Iwo Jima Operation, February-March 1945
Description: Marines clamber over the wrecked Japanese bomber on the airfield at Iwo Jima. (quoted from the original 1945 vintage photo caption). Photographed by Don Fox. The bomber is a Japanese Navy Mitsubishi Type 1 Land Attack Plane (Betty). It is located on one of Iwo Jima's two operational air fields. 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 104580
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