
Caption | Ships making smoke screen off Iwo Jima per original caption, but appearance of battleship Colorado or Maryland in a photo of this set indicate it might have been Okinawa; circa 1945, photo 2 of 2 ww2dbase | |||||||||||||||||||
Photographer | Howard Whalen | |||||||||||||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command | |||||||||||||||||||
Identification Code | NH 104313-KN | |||||||||||||||||||
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Photos in Series | See all photos in this series | |||||||||||||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Iwo Jima, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||||||||||||||
Added Date | 25 Jan 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||
This photograph has been scaled down; full resolution photograph is available here (740 by 483 pixels). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US Navy Naval History and Heritage Command, as of 21 Jul 2010: |
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