
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 | 17 Feb 1945 | ||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Iwo Jima, Japan | ||||||||
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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