Battleship Tennessee and a Fletcher-class destroyer provide gunfire support while LVTs raced for the beaches of Iwo Jima, morning of 19 Feb 1945

Historical Information
Caption     Battleship Tennessee and a Fletcher-class destroyer provide gunfire support while LVTs raced for the beaches of Iwo Jima, morning of 19 Feb 1945 ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Iwo Jima, Japan
Date 19 Feb 1945
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Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Identification Code   NH 104366-KN
 
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Photos on Same Day 19 Feb 1945
 
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Licensing  Public Domain. According to the US Navy Naval History and Heritage Command, as of 21 Jul 2010:
Official government photographs and documents are in the public domain and may be scanned and reproduced in print or online. They may be cropped or resized, but their content may not be altered.
Additionally, 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 740 x 476 pixels



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Iwo Jima, Japan

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24.7468, 141.3202

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