| Caption | Ships making smoke screen off Iwo Jima per original caption, but appearance of battleship Colorado or Maryland in another photo of this set indicate it might had been Okinawa; circa 1945, photo 2 of 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Photographer | Howard W. Whalen | ||||||||||||||||
| Source | United States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command | ||||||||||||||||
| Identification Code | NH 104313-KN | ||||||||||||||||
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