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A reserve wave of US 4th Marines Division waited on the beach, Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945	A US Navy Medical Corpsman dressed a wounded Marine while others ducked nearby for cover, Iwo Jima, Japan, 19 Feb 1945	A white phosphorus round exploded on Iwo Jima beach, 19 Feb 1945	Aerial photo of the Iwo Jima invasion beach, 19 Feb 1945; note landing craft approaching the beach and the wing of a SB2C-4 Helldiver aircraft from carrier Hancock

Aerial view of Mount Suribachi, 19 Feb 1945	American casualty rested on a bed of life preservers aboard a US Coast Guard LCVP, 19 Feb 1945	American ships off Iwo Jima, circa Feb 1945	Americans working on an Iwo Jima beach, soon after the 19 Feb 1945 landings

An F4U-1D Corsair with Fighting Squadron VBF-84 taking off from USS Bunker Hill for a close ground air support mission to Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945	An US Marine firing a Browning M1917 machine gun, Iwo Jima, Japan, 19 Feb 1945	As shells exploded on Iwo Jima beach, LVTs approached, 19 Feb 1945	Battleship Idaho fired her 5-inch gun at shore targets on Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945

Battleship Tennessee and a Fletcher-class destroyer provide gunfire support while LVTs raced for the beaches of Iwo Jima, morning of 19 Feb 1945	Battleship Tennessee and other American ships firing on Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945	Battleship Tennessee bombarding the base of Mount Suribachi before the initial landings, causing a huge explosion, Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945	Battleship Tennessee fired her 14-inch guns at targets on Iwo Jima as LVTs headed for the landing beaches, 19 Feb 1945, photo 1 of 2

Battleship Tennessee fired her 14-inch guns at targets on Iwo Jima as LVTs headed for the landing beaches, 19 Feb 1945, photo 2 of 2	Battleship Tennessee off Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945	Crew of a 30 caliber machine gun watched as Americans worked on an Iwo Jima beach, 19 Feb 1945	Cruisers Pensacola, Salt Lake City, Indianapolis, and an unidentified Cleveland-class cruiser bombarding Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945