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The first wave of landing craft at Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945, photo 6 of 6Two African-American US Marine Corps DUKW drivers joined in on the battle as riflemen after their DUKW was destroyed during the landing on Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945
The first wave of landing craft at Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945, photo 6 of 6Two African-American US Marine Corps DUKW drivers joined in on the battle as riflemen after their DUKW was destroyed during the landing on Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945
Two beached and one broached LVTs on an Iwo Jima beach, 19 Feb 1945Two LCI(L)s off Iwo Jima at what appeared to be dawn, probably during the pre-landing bombardment, 19 Feb 1945
Two beached and one broached LVTs on an Iwo Jima beach, 19 Feb 1945Two LCI(L)s off Iwo Jima at what appeared to be dawn, probably during the pre-landing bombardment, 19 Feb 1945
US 6th Fleet off Iwo Jima, Japan, 19 Feb 1945; note Mount Suribachi in backgroundUS Fourth Division Marines aboard a transport off Iwo Jima watched the first wave of amphtracs, 19 Feb 1945
US 6th Fleet off Iwo Jima, Japan, 19 Feb 1945; note Mount Suribachi in backgroundUS Fourth Division Marines aboard a transport off Iwo Jima watched the first wave of amphtracs, 19 Feb 1945
US Marine Corporal Virgil W. Burgess gave his dog Prince instructions on which foxhole to carry a message to, Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945US Marine LVTs and M4 tanks maneuvered inland from Iwo Jima beach, 19 Feb 1945
US Marine Corporal Virgil W. Burgess gave his dog Prince instructions on which foxhole to carry a message to, Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945US Marine LVTs and M4 tanks maneuvered inland from Iwo Jima beach, 19 Feb 1945
US Marine M4A3 Sherman flame tank, also known as US Marines fighting on Iwo Jima, Japan, 19 Feb 1945
US Marine M4A3 Sherman flame tank, also known as 'Ronson', at Iwo Jima, Feb 1945US Marines fighting on Iwo Jima, Japan, 19 Feb 1945
US Marines in a LCVP approaching Iwo Jima, Japan, 19 Feb 1945US Marines on Iwo Jima, Japan, 19 Feb 1945
US Marines in a LCVP approaching Iwo Jima, Japan, 19 Feb 1945US Marines on Iwo Jima, Japan, 19 Feb 1945
US Marines scoring a direct hit on a Japanese pillbox, Iwo Jima, Japan, 19 Feb 1945US officers watched the Iwo Jima landing operations, 19 Feb 1945; still taken from the film
US Marines scoring a direct hit on a Japanese pillbox, Iwo Jima, Japan, 19 Feb 1945US officers watched the Iwo Jima landing operations, 19 Feb 1945; still taken from the film 'To the Shores of Iwo Jima'
USS LCT-1030 and USS LST-731 beached at Beach Blue Two at Iwo Jima, shortly after the 19 Feb 1945 landingsUSS LST-731 beached at Beach Blue Two on Iwo Jima, shortly after the 19 Feb 1945 landings
USS LCT-1030 and USS LST-731 beached at Beach Blue Two at Iwo Jima, shortly after the 19 Feb 1945 landingsUSS LST-731 beached at Beach Blue Two on Iwo Jima, shortly after the 19 Feb 1945 landings
View of the invasion beach on Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945Wounded Marines being transferred aboard a ship for evacuation from Iwo Jima, Feb 19, 1945.
View of the invasion beach on Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945Wounded Marines being transferred aboard a ship for evacuation from Iwo Jima, Feb 19, 1945.
A 37mm gun on Iwo Jima beach with Mount Suribachi in background, 20 Feb 1945; note the TBM Avenger flying overheadA US Marine used a flamethrower against a Japanese pillbox as he was covered by two riflemen, Iwo Jima, Feb 1945
A 37mm gun on Iwo Jima beach with Mount Suribachi in background, 20 Feb 1945; note the TBM Avenger flying overheadA US Marine used a flamethrower against a Japanese pillbox as he was covered by two riflemen, Iwo Jima, Feb 1945

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