Japanese 120mm gun protuding from a cave opening, Iwo Jima, Japan, circa Mar 1945

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Caption     Japanese 120mm gun protuding from a cave opening, Iwo Jima, Japan, circa Mar 1945 ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Iwo Jima, Japan
Date 30 Mar 1945
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 480 x 455 pixels



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1. BamaFaninCA says:
31 Mar 2018 10:26:52 AM

As US citizens we owe a great indebtedness to our Marines. They did what people thought was impossible on those small islands.

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