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Photo #: NH 104317-KN (color)

Iwo Jima Operation, 1945

Amphibious tractors (LVT) head for landing beaches on Iwo Jima, circa 19 February 1945. Note explosions, with much smoke and dust, ashore. Mount Suribachi is at left.
Original 35mm Kodachrome transparency, photographed by Lieutenant Howard W. Whalen, USNR, Boat Group Commander, USS Sanborn (APA-193).

Collection of Lieutenant Commander Howard W. Whalen, USNR. Donated by Mrs. Nadine Whalen, 1997.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Image posted 4 November 2006