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| Aerial view of Kitano Point, the northern tip of Iwo Jima, Japan, 7 Mar 1945; photo taken from an aircraft of USS Anzio | Aerial view of southern Iwo Jima, Japan, 7 Mar 1945; photo taken from an aircraft of USS Anzio |
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| Chinese Y-Force Sherman tank at Lashio, Burma, 7 Mar 1945 | Colonel James Beckwith, commander of the 15th Fighter Group, in his P-51 Mustang “Squirt” leading P-51s of the 45th Fighter Squadron from their base on Saipan to their new base on Iwo Jima, 7 Mar 1945. Note the VLR tanks. |
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| View of an airfield on Iwo Jima, Japan, 7 Mar 1945; photo taken from an aircraft of USS Anzio | View of the northern face of Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, 7 Mar 1945; photo taken from an aircraft of USS Anzio |
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| View of the southwestern face of Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, 7 Mar 1945; photo taken from an aircraft of USS Anzio |
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