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A white phosphorus round exploded on Iwo Jima beach, 19 Feb 1945	Aerial photo of the Iwo Jima invasion beach, 19 Feb 1945; note landing craft approaching the beach and the wing of a SB2C-4 Helldiver aircraft from carrier Hancock

Aerial view of Mount Suribachi, 19 Feb 1945	American casualty rested on a bed of life preservers aboard a US Coast Guard LCVP, 19 Feb 1945

American ships off Iwo Jima, circa Feb 1945	Americans working on an Iwo Jima beach, soon after the 19 Feb 1945 landings

An F4U-1D Corsair with Fighting Squadron VBF-84 taking off from USS Bunker Hill for a close ground air support mission to Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945	An US Marine firing a Browning M1917 machine gun, Iwo Jima, Japan, 19 Feb 1945

As shells exploded on Iwo Jima beach, LVTs approached, 19 Feb 1945	Battleship Idaho fired her 5-inch gun at shore targets on Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945

Battleship Tennessee and a Fletcher-class destroyer provide gunfire support while LVTs raced for the beaches of Iwo Jima, morning of 19 Feb 1945	Battleship Tennessee and other American ships firing on Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945

Battleship Tennessee bombarding the base of Mount Suribachi before the initial landings, causing a huge explosion, Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945	Battleship Tennessee fired her 14-inch guns at targets on Iwo Jima as LVTs headed for the landing beaches, 19 Feb 1945, photo 1 of 2

Battleship Tennessee fired her 14-inch guns at targets on Iwo Jima as LVTs headed for the landing beaches, 19 Feb 1945, photo 2 of 2	Battleship Tennessee off Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945

Crew of a 30 caliber machine gun watched as Americans worked on an Iwo Jima beach, 19 Feb 1945	Cruisers Pensacola, Salt Lake City, Indianapolis, and an unidentified Cleveland-class cruiser bombarding Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945

Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver with Bombing Squadron VB-80 returning to the USS Hancock after flying close ground support strikes in support of the Marines landing on Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945.	Dense smoke shrouded Mount Suribachi as LVTs left the beaches during the initial day of landings, Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945