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A captured Japanese soldier, Iwo Jima, Feb 1945	American Marines fed Japanese POWs K rations, Iwo Jima, Feb 1945	FR-1 Fireball fighter at rest at Moffet Field, California, United States, 26 Feb 1945	Louisville's SOC Seagull pilots Ens William C. Orr, Ens Arnold Sheiner, and Lt (JG) Austin J. Trinkle receiving Air Medals, 26 Feb 1945; note Pharmacist's Mate in background with Purple Heart medal

Montgomery visiting Canadian troops in the Kleve-Goch sector, Germany, 26 Feb 1945; left to right: Vokes, Crerar, Montgomery, Horrocks, Simonds, Spry, Mathews	The 401st Bomb Group’s control tower at RAF Deenethorpe, Northamptonshire, England, UK, Feb 26 1945. Note a US Navy Captain among the group of observers.	Two Americans walked by a temporary grave of a fellow Marine made of the fallen's rifle and helmet, Feb 1945	US Fifth Marine Division riflemen waited while a fellow Marine burned out a Japanese-held cave with flame thrower, Iwo Jima, 26 Feb 1945

USS Sand Lance off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 26 Feb 1945; note USS Snapper, USS Cero, or USS Raton in background	M4 Sherman 'Cairo' disabled by land mine, Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb 1945; note heavy wooden side planking meant to protect against magnetic demolition charges.	Aerial photograph of Iwo Jima's east landing beaches as LSTs, LSMs, and LCTs unloaded supplies, circa late Feb 1945	African-American soldiers of the US Army on march in Noyon, France, 28 Feb 1945

Burial at sea for a casualty of the battle for Iwo Jima aboard troop transport USS Hansford while she was evacuating wounded men to Saipan, 25-28 February 1945.	Destroyed American amtracs and other vehicles on beach of Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb-Mar 1945	Drayton bombarding Palawan Island, Philippine Islands, 28 Feb 1945	Four US Marines cleared out a cave with BAR, small arms, and grenades, Iwo Jima, circa Feb-Mar 1945

Iwo Jima landing beach, cluttered with abandoned vehicles and other debris, circa late Feb 1945	LCMs broached in the surf (the left most one was from USS Belle Grove LSD-2) and LVTs and other vehicles on Blue Beach, Iwo Jima, Japan, circa late Feb 1945	LSDs and other amphibious ships off Iwo Jima, circa late Feb 1945	LST-764 unloading on an Iwo Jima beach, circa late Feb 1945