| Caption | As seen from battleship USS Texas, Fletcher-class destroyer USS Twiggs engaging in a pre-invasion bombardment of Iwo Jima’s landing beach White 2 in support of underwater demolition team operations, 17 Feb 1945. ww2dbase | ||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | ||||||||
| Identification Code | 80-G-309163 | ||||||||
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| Photos on Same Day | See all photos dated 17 Feb 1945 | ||||||||
| Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||
| Added Date | 28 Dec 2019 | ||||||||
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| Licensing | Public Domain. 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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| WW2-Era Place Name | Iwo Jima, Japan |
| Lat/Long | 24.7813, 141.2613 |
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