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Photo # NH 104319-KN: Explosions and fires on Iwo Jima, probably during the pre-landing bombardment, circa 19 February 1945.  Photographed by Lt. Howard W. Whalen, USNR

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-- EVENTS -- World War II in the Pacific --

Iwo Jima Operation, February - March 1945
-- Howard W. Whalen's Color Photographs of Pre-landing Bombardment, circa 19 February 1945 (Part III)


This page features still more color photographs concerning the Iwo Jima pre-landing bombardment, taken by Lieutenant Howard W. Whalen, circa 19 February 1945.

  • This page emphasizes views of the bombardment in the vicinity of Iwo Jima's northern landing beaches (Beaches "Blue 1" and "Blue 2"), with no vessels visible off shore.

    For additional images related to this subject, see::

  • Iwo Jima Operation -- H.W. Whalen's Color Photographs of Pre-landing Bombardment, circa 19 Feb. 1945.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 104335-KN (color)

    Iwo Jima Operation, 1945

    Explosions on an Iwo Jima beach, with smoke from other blasts drifting down wind, probably during the pre-landing bombardment, circa 19 February 1945.
    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.

    Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 495 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104316-KN (color)

    Iwo Jima Operation, 1945

    Explosions near the Iwo Jima shore, probably during the pre-landing bombardment, circa 19 February 1945.
    Photographed from a USS Sanborn (APA-193) landing craft.
    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.

    Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 510 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104333-KN (color)

    Iwo Jima Operation, 1945

    Explosions just off the beach on Iwo Jima, with smoke drifting across the terrain just inland, probably during the pre-landing bombardment, circa 19 February 1945.
    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.

    Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 495 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104320-KN (color)

    Iwo Jima Operation, 1945

    Explosions at the beach edge, with smoke rising from other hits just inland on Iwo Jima, probably during the pre-landing bombardment, circa 19 February 1945
    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.

    Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 510 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104361-KN (color)

    Iwo Jima Operation, 1945

    Explosion (apparently white phosphorus shells or bombs) near shore on Iwo Jima, during the operation to seize the island in February 1945.
    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.

    Online Image: 55KB; 740 x 535 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104308-KN (color)

    Iwo Jima Operation, 1945

    Explosions (apparently white phosphorus shells or bombs) near shore on Iwo Jima, during the operation to seize the island in February 1945.
    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.

    Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 535 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104349-KN (color)

    Iwo Jima Operation, 1945

    Smoke rising from Iwo Jima, probably during the pre-landing bombardment, circa 19 February 1945.
    Location appears to be in the middle of the island, about at landing beach "Blue 2", where the terrain changes from relatively smooth to rocky and rugged.
    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.

    Online Image: 53KB; 740 x 525 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104319-KN (color)

    Iwo Jima Operation, 1945

    Explosions and fires on the beach and inland on Iwo Jima, probably during the pre-landing bombardment, circa 19 February 1945
    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.

    Online Image: 63KB; 740 x 510 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104343-KN (color)

    Iwo Jima Operation, 1945

    Smoke and explosions on Iwo Jima, probably during the pre-landing bombardment, circa 19 February 1945.
    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.

    Online Image: 53KB; 740 x 500 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104345-KN (color)

    Iwo Jima Operation, 1945

    Smoke and explosions on Iwo Jima, probably during the pre-landing bombardment, circa 19 February 1945.
    Location appears to be the rocky part of the island's eastern coast, just north of landing beach "Blue 2".
    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.

    Online Image: 55KB; 740 x 515 pixels

     


    For additional images related to this subject, see::

  • Iwo Jima Operation -- H.W. Whalen's Color Photographs of Pre-landing Bombardment, circa 19 Feb. 1945.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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