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 1945Medical officer of the 535th Bomb Squadron, Capt Graham, congratulating pilot Lt Biene of B-17G Fortress ‘Stage Door Canteen,’ on the bomber’s 100th mission, 25 Feb 1945 at Ridgewell, Essex, England, United Kingdom.P-38L Lightning aircraft flying in formation during Lockheed test pilot Milo Burcham
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 1945Medical officer of the 535th Bomb Squadron, Capt Graham, congratulating pilot Lt Biene of B-17G Fortress ‘Stage Door Canteen,’ on the bomber’s 100th mission, 25 Feb 1945 at Ridgewell, Essex, England, United Kingdom.P-38L Lightning aircraft flying in formation during Lockheed test pilot Milo Burcham's funeral, southern California, United States, 25 Feb 1945
P-47D Thunderbolt Supplies 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 1945US Marines laying a pierced steel matting roadway on Red Beach, Iwo Jima, Japan, 25 Feb 1945
P-47D Thunderbolt 'Torrid Tessie' of the 346th Fighter Squadron and flown by USAAF 1Lt Homer St. Onge flying over Italy, Feb 25, 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 1945US Marines laying a pierced steel matting roadway on Red Beach, Iwo Jima, Japan, 25 Feb 1945
US 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 JimaView of the invasion beach and Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb 1945
US 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 backgroundView of the invasion beach and Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb 1945


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

Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, 16 Mar 1945


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