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Men of 28th Regiment, US 5th Marine Division putting up the first flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, at 1020 hours on 23 Feb 1945; note M1 CarbineRaising the US flag atop Mount Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal, Iwo Jima, Japan, 23 Feb 1945US Marines operating a captured Japanese Type 92 machine gun, Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb 1945US Marines posing with the second flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, 23 Feb 1945
Men of 28th Regiment, US 5th Marine Division putting up the first flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, at 1020 hours on 23 Feb 1945; note M1 CarbineRaising the US flag atop Mount Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal, Iwo Jima, Japan, 23 Feb 1945US Marines operating a captured Japanese Type 92 machine gun, Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb 1945US Marines posing with the second flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, 23 Feb 1945
US Marines removing the first Mount Suribachi flag as the second flag was being raised, Iwo Jima, Japan, 23 Feb 1945Aerial view of Iwo Jima and Mt Suribachi looking across the southern point and the landing beeches to the supply ship staging area, 24 Feb 1945, five days after the initial landings.Piles of supplies for US 3rd and 5th Marine Divisions, Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945US Marine Corps Major General Keller Rockey at his command post, Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
US Marines removing the first Mount Suribachi flag as the second flag was being raised, Iwo Jima, Japan, 23 Feb 1945Aerial view of Iwo Jima and Mt Suribachi looking across the southern point and the landing beeches to the supply ship staging area, 24 Feb 1945, five days after the initial landings.Piles of supplies for US 3rd and 5th Marine Divisions, Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945US Marine Corps Major General Keller Rockey at his command post, Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
A bulldozer preparing a roadway as LSM-47 opened her cargo bay doors, Green Beach, Iwo Jima, Japan, circa 25 Feb 1945A carbine-equipped US Marine on Iwo Jima, Feb 1945; note M8 grenade launcher attached to the muzzle of the weaponLanding ships and craft unloading on Iwo JimaLCVPs from USS Sanborn underway off Iwo Jima, in mid or late Feb 1945, photo 1 of 2
A bulldozer preparing a roadway as LSM-47 opened her cargo bay doors, Green Beach, Iwo Jima, Japan, circa 25 Feb 1945A carbine-equipped US Marine on Iwo Jima, Feb 1945; note M8 grenade launcher attached to the muzzle of the weaponLanding ships and craft unloading on Iwo Jima's eastern beaches, 25 Feb 1945; photo taken from atop Mount SuribachiLCVPs from USS Sanborn underway off Iwo Jima, in mid or late Feb 1945, photo 1 of 2
LCVPs from USS Sanborn underway off Iwo Jima, in mid or late Feb 1945, photo 2 of 2LSM-47 unloading on an Iwo Jima beach, circa 25 Feb 1945Supplies being unloaded onto Beach Red One from LSM-141, LSM-43, and LSM-47, Iwo Jima, 25 Feb 1945US Marine sealing the entrance of a Japanese tunnel on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, 25 Feb 1945
LCVPs from USS Sanborn underway off Iwo Jima, in mid or late Feb 1945, photo 2 of 2LSM-47 unloading on an Iwo Jima beach, circa 25 Feb 1945Supplies being unloaded onto Beach Red One from LSM-141, LSM-43, and LSM-47, Iwo Jima, 25 Feb 1945US Marine sealing the entrance of a Japanese tunnel on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, 25 Feb 1945
US Marines laying a pierced steel matting roadway on Red Beach, Iwo Jima, Japan, 25 Feb 1945US Marines observing dead Japanese soldiers in a cave on Iwo Jima, Feb 1945US Marines PFC. J. L. Hudson, Pvt. K. L. Lofter, PFC. Paul V. Parces, Pvt. Fred Sizemore, PFC. Henrey Noviech, and Pvt. Richard N. Pearson posing with a captured Japanese flag, Iwo Jima, Feb 1945Vehicles on Iwo Jima
US Marines laying a pierced steel matting roadway on Red Beach, Iwo Jima, Japan, 25 Feb 1945US Marines observing dead Japanese soldiers in a cave on Iwo Jima, Feb 1945US Marines PFC. J. L. Hudson, Pvt. K. L. Lofter, PFC. Paul V. Parces, Pvt. Fred Sizemore, PFC. Henrey Noviech, and Pvt. Richard N. Pearson posing with a captured Japanese flag, Iwo Jima, Feb 1945Vehicles on Iwo Jima's Red Beach, circa 25 Feb 1945; LST-884 and LST-929 in background

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