Battle of Iwo Jima Photographs | World War II Database

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Marines and Army ground crews look over the first Sikorsky R-4 helicopter to land in the fighter strip on Iwo Jima, Mar 23, 1945.	A Japanese tank wedged between banks of solid earth was very difficult for US Marines to see or attack from the front, Iwo Jima, Mar 25, 1945.	Japanese 120mm gun protuding from a cave opening, Iwo Jima, Japan, circa Mar 1945	American Marines examined the wreck of a G4M bomber at one of Iwo Jima's two operational airfields, Mar-Apr 1945

Marines on Iwo Jima crowd around a newly arrived Boeing F-13 Superfortress (photo reconnaissance variant of the B-29). 47th Fighter Squadron P-51D Mustang is in foreground, Mar-Apr 1945.	Souvenir hunters on Iwo Jima sawing the propeller off of a wrecked Japanese Nakajima Ki-43 "Oscar" fighter, Mar 1945. They said they would make paper weights out of it later.	TBM-3 Avenger flying over Mt Suribachi on Iwo Jima after US forces had fully occupied the island, Mar-Apr 1945. Note storage tanks, tents, and other improvements set up by US forces.	US battleships New Mexico, Idaho, and Tennessee off Iwo Jima or Okinawa, Feb-Apr 1945

US Marine playing taps at the American cemetery on Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945	View of the invasion beach on Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945	Japanese troops being captured by Americans on Iwo Jima, Japan, 5 Apr 1945	Three Japanese soldiers emerged from their hiding place to surrender, Iwo Jima, 5 Apr 1945

Americans attacked Japanese snipers in a cave with bazooka and small arms, northern coast of Iwo Jima, during mop up operations, 8 Apr 1945	Flame thrower in use against Japanese holding out in a cave along Iwo Jima's northern coastal cliffs, 8 April 1945	A Japanese patrol vessel wrecked on the rocky coast of northern Iwo Jima, 21 Apr 1945	An American bulldozer pulled a road grader on an Iwo Jima beach, 21 Apr 1945, note several Japanese landing ships wrecked on the coast beyond the road

Sandbag, rock and canvas shelter in the rugged terrain of northern Iwo Jima, 21 Apr 1945	Scene along the rocky coast of northern Iwo Jima, 21 Apr 1945	Vehicle path and combat-shattered vegetation in the rugged terrain of northern Iwo Jima, 21 Apr 1945, photo 1 of 2	Vehicle path and combat-shattered vegetation in the rugged terrain of northern Iwo Jima, 21 Apr 1945, photo 2 of 2