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A .30 caliber Browning water-cooled machine gun and its crew on Iwo Jima, circa Feb-Mar 1945A Douglas R4D (C-47) transport plane (center) loading wounded Marines on Iwo JimaA machine gun nest and its resting crew, Iwo Jima, circa Feb-Mar 1945A Marine "Oly" (OY-1 Sentinel) landing on Iwo Jima, Mar 1945.
A .30 caliber Browning water-cooled machine gun and its crew on Iwo Jima, circa Feb-Mar 1945A Douglas R4D (C-47) transport plane (center) loading wounded Marines on Iwo Jima's South Field bound for a Navy hospital on Guam, Mar 1945. Note Mount Suribachi to the left.A machine gun nest and its resting crew, Iwo Jima, circa Feb-Mar 1945A Marine "Oly" (OY-1 Sentinel) landing on Iwo Jima, Mar 1945.
A regimental command post at Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945A US Marine threw a grenade at enemy sheltered in a northern Iwo Jima cave, Japan, Feb-Mar 1945Abandoned Japanese Type 1 medium tank on Iwo Jima, Japan, Mar 1945Aerial view of Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands with the relatively flat island plain beyond, Feb or Mar 1945 as the battle raged on. Note landing ships beached at right.
A regimental command post at Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945A US Marine threw a grenade at enemy sheltered in a northern Iwo Jima cave, Japan, Feb-Mar 1945Abandoned Japanese Type 1 medium tank on Iwo Jima, Japan, Mar 1945Aerial view of Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands with the relatively flat island plain beyond, Feb or Mar 1945 as the battle raged on. Note landing ships beached at right.
African-American US Marines Willie J. Kanody, Elif Hill, and John Alexander on a beach at Iwo Jima, Mar 1945An explosion on Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945. Note two M-3 Halftrack personnel carriers.Brigadier General Franklin Hart and Major General Clifton Cates studying a map, Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb-Mar 1945Brigadier General Franklin Hart, Major General Clifton Cates, and an unidentified officer (right, with glasses) at Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb-Mar 1945
African-American US Marines Willie J. Kanody, Elif Hill, and John Alexander on a beach at Iwo Jima, Mar 1945An explosion on Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945. Note two M-3 Halftrack personnel carriers.Brigadier General Franklin Hart and Major General Clifton Cates studying a map, Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb-Mar 1945Brigadier General Franklin Hart, Major General Clifton Cates, and an unidentified officer (right, with glasses) at Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb-Mar 1945
C-47 or R4D aircraft delivering mail to US Marines in southern Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb-Mar 1945Captain Edward Steichen, head of the Navy’s combat photography and Director of the Naval Photographic Institute, right, speaking with US Marine Corporal William Damato on Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Mar 1945Catholic mass atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, for American Marines, circa Feb or Mar 1945Clifton Cates in conference with his staff officers and regimental commanders, aboard a ship off Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb-Mar 1945
C-47 or R4D aircraft delivering mail to US Marines in southern Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb-Mar 1945Captain Edward Steichen, head of the Navy’s combat photography and Director of the Naval Photographic Institute, right, speaking with US Marine Corporal William Damato on Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Mar 1945Catholic mass atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, for American Marines, circa Feb or Mar 1945Clifton Cates in conference with his staff officers and regimental commanders, aboard a ship off Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb-Mar 1945
Damaged and abandoned LVTs sink into the sand as beach activity continues on Iwo Jima, Feb 1945.Damaged LVT(A)-4 on the beach of Iwo Jima, Feb-Mar 1945Destroyed equipment on the beach of Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945. Note the overturned DUKW and two wrecked LCVPs.Flag-raising ceremonies at US Marine Headquarters on Iwo Jima, Mar 1945
Damaged and abandoned LVTs sink into the sand as beach activity continues on Iwo Jima, Feb 1945.Damaged LVT(A)-4 on the beach of Iwo Jima, Feb-Mar 1945Destroyed equipment on the beach of Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945. Note the overturned DUKW and two wrecked LCVPs.Flag-raising ceremonies at US Marine Headquarters on Iwo Jima, Mar 1945

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