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| A LCVP loaded with troops sailed on foreground while American ships beyond burned, off Iwo Jima, Feb 1945 | Aerial view of Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb 1945 |
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| Americans Major Richard Fagan and Captain Pierson of 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines studied aerial photos, Iwo Jima, morning of 22 Feb 1945 | Killed US Marine on Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb 1945 |
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| Landing craft underway off Iwo Jima, circa Feb 1945, photo 1 of 2 | Landing craft underway off Iwo Jima, circa Feb 1945, photo 2 of 2 |
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| Men of the US 5th Marines Division manning a machine gun, Iwo Jima, Japan, 22 Feb 1945 | Scene on an eastern Iwo Jima beach, February 1945 |
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| US Marines unloading supplies from a LSM, Iwo Jima, Japan, 22 Feb 1945 | US Navy Corpsman dressed a back wound of a Marine who was hit by the enemy in the battle on Iwo Jima, Feb 1945 |
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| USS North Carolina bombarding Iwo Jima, Japan, 19-22 Feb 1945 | USS North Carolina off Iwo Jima, Japan, 19-22 Feb 1945; note Mount Suribachi on left side of photograph |
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| Wrecked tank and LVTs on Blue Beach No. 1, Iwo Jima, Feb 1945 |
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