US Marine mobile rocket launcher, Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945. Note two 3-inch rockets laying on the ground.

Historical Information
Caption     US Marine mobile rocket launcher, Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945. Note two 3-inch rockets laying on the ground. ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Iwo Jima, Japan
Date  Mar 1945
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Marine Corps Ralph J. Vaccaro Collection
Link to Source    Link
Identification Code   COLL/5245
 
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Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 1,305 x 972 pixels



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