[Photo] 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.

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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

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17 Feb 1945

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Iwo Jima, Japan

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David Stubblebine

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28 Dec 2019

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WW2-Era Place Name	Iwo Jima, Japan
Lat/Long	24.7813, 141.2613

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