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US Marines digging in on a beach at Iwo Jima, Japan, 21 Feb 1945, photo 1 of 2

Caption     US Marines digging in on a beach at Iwo Jima, Japan, 21 Feb 1945, photo 1 of 2 ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Identification Code   NH 104227
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Battle of Iwo Jima   Main article  Photos  Maps  
Photo Size 740 x 595 pixels
Photos in Series See all 2 photos in this series
Photos on Same Day 21 Feb 1945
Photos at Same Place Iwo Jima, Japan
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the US Navy Naval History and Heritage Command, as of 21 Jul 2010:
Official government photographs and documents are in the public domain and may be scanned and reproduced in print or online. They may be cropped or resized, but their content may not be altered.
Additionally, according to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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1. UT3 says:
6 Aug 2012 08:37:50 AM

There are Seabees in that photo also from 133. They should get a lot of credit as well, they were on the first wave w/ the 4th and took more casualties then any other battalion.

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