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

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Caption     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 ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Iwo Jima, Japan
Date 28 Feb 1945
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Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Identification Code   NH 104371-KN
 
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Photos on Same Day 28 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 1,200 x 834 pixels



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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. mike c says:
4 Aug 2020 04:36:37 AM

sorry, but I do not see an landing ship dock or a landing ship medium in this picture?
2. Commenter identity confirmed C. Peter Chen says:
4 Aug 2020 05:48:48 AM

Thank you Mike C., the caption was worded poorly previously and I have just tweaked it a little bit.

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