A group of Beaufighter Mk X aircraft of No. 404 Squadron RCAF in flight near Dallachy, Scotland, United Kingdom, 16-18 Feb 1945Battleship New York bombarding Iwo Jima, 16 Feb 1945; view looked aft, on the starboard sideBodies of victims of the 13-14 Feb 1945 Dresden bombing piled in the Germania statue plaza, circa mid-Feb 1945Gunnery practice with 40-mm Bofors MK 12 anti-aircraft guns aboard Hornet while her aircraft raided Japan, 16 Feb 1945
A group of Beaufighter Mk X aircraft of No. 404 Squadron RCAF in flight near Dallachy, Scotland, United Kingdom, 16-18 Feb 1945Battleship New York bombarding Iwo Jima, 16 Feb 1945; view looked aft, on the starboard sideBodies of victims of the 13-14 Feb 1945 Dresden bombing piled in the Germania statue plaza, circa mid-Feb 1945Gunnery practice with 40-mm Bofors MK 12 anti-aircraft guns aboard Hornet while her aircraft raided Japan, 16 Feb 1945
OS2U Kingfisher aircraft being recovered by battleship USS Texas, off Iwo Jima, at 1700 on 16 Feb 1945; note netting of recovery sled hooked on pontoon’s recovery hookUSS Saint Paul at Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 16 Feb 1945
OS2U Kingfisher aircraft being recovered by battleship USS Texas, off Iwo Jima, at 1700 on 16 Feb 1945; note netting of recovery sled hooked on pontoon’s recovery hookUSS Saint Paul at Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 16 Feb 1945


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Australian Air Force armorer cleaning the bore of a .50 caliber machine gun in the wing of a RAAF 77 Squadron P-51D Mustang in Korea, 1951. Note the HVAR air-to-surface rockets mounted under the wing.


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"Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue."

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