Howard W. Whalen's Iwo Jima Color Photographs
Contributor: C. Peter Chen

Lieutenant Commander Howard W. Whalen served with the United States Naval Reserves aboard USS Sanborn (APA-193) at the Battle of Iwo Jima. His color 35mm Kodachrome slides captured the war time service of Sanborn, and most notably, the Battle of Iwo Jima. The gallery on this page contains the photographs taken by Whalen. They were donated by Mrs. Nadine Whalen to the United States Navy Naval Historical center in 1997.
For more about Whalen, please see his biography entry right here at the WW2DB.com.
Last Major Update: Mar 2007
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James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, 23 Feb 1945
4 Oct 2007 12:25:59 AM
Yoy have good photos of ships
do you have liberty ships photos