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Iwo Jima during the pre-invasion bombardment, 17 Feb 1945, looking north with Mount Suribachi in the foreground	Minesweepers worked the waters off Iwo Jima before the invasion, 17-18 Feb 1945; note the anti-aircraft bursts above the island and a burning aircraft close to the ground on the right	Naval gun shells exploded on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, 17-19 Feb 1945	Pre-invasion bombardment of Iwo Jima's west beach as seen from an American vessel, 17 Feb 1945

Shells exploded ashore during the pre-invasion bombardment of Iwo Jima, 17 Feb 1945	A column of landing craft support vessels passing by Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, 18 Feb 1945	AMM 3rd Class L. H. McDowell at the drums during an orchestra performance aboard USS Anzio, 18 Feb 1945	Commodore Burke was highlined from destroyer Callaghan to carrier Lexington, off Iwo Jima, 18 Feb 1945

TBM-3 Avenger of VT-82 flying from the carrier Bennington struggles to remain airborne after receiving heavy damage in a mid-air collision with another Avenger over Chi Chi Jima, 18 Feb 1945.	US Coast Guardsmen assisting a wounded Marine into an LCVP after the Marine’s LVT sustained a direct hit while heading to the landing beaches on Iwo Jima, Feb 18, 1945.	A DUKW headed toward an Iwo Jima landing beach, afternoon of 19 Feb 1945	A Fletcher-class destroyer off Iwo Jima, circa 19 Feb 1945

A Fletcher-class destroyer shelling Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945	A LCS(L) and three Corsair aircraft bombarded an Iwo Jima Beach as two LVTs moved toward shore, 19 Feb 1945	A LCS(L) fired from close to Iwo Jima shore, 19 Feb 1945	A LCS(L) off the eastern Iwo Jima landing beaches, 19 Feb 1945

A LCS(L) operating off Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945, photo 1 of 2	A LCS(L) operating off Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945, photo 2 of 2	A LCVP, several M4 'Sherman' tanks, and men on an Iwo Jima beach, 19 Feb 1945	A LVT passed APA Sanborn during the pre-invasion bombardment of Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945