Caption | LCMs broached in the surf (the left most one was from USS Belle Grove LSD-2) and LVTs and other vehicles on Blue Beach, Iwo Jima, Japan, circa late Feb 1945 ww2dbase | ||||||||||||
Photographer | Howard Whalen | ||||||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command | ||||||||||||
Identification Code | NH 104371-KN | ||||||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 28 Feb 1945 | ||||||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Iwo Jima, Japan | ||||||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US Navy Naval History and Heritage Command, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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2. C. Peter Chen says:
4 Aug 2020 05:48:48 AM
Thank you Mike C., the caption was worded poorly previously and I have just tweaked it a little bit.
4 Aug 2020 05:48:48 AM
Thank you Mike C., the caption was worded poorly previously and I have just tweaked it a little bit.
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4 Aug 2020 04:36:37 AM
sorry, but I do not see an landing ship dock or a landing ship medium in this picture?