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| Several LCS(L)s guided landing craft toward the beach off Iwo Jima, probably on 19 Feb 1945 | Smoke and explosions on Iwo Jima, probably during the pre-landing bombardment, 19 Feb 1945 |
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| Smoke and explosions on Iwo Jima, probably during the pre-landing bombardment, 19 Feb 1945 | Smoke rising from Beach Blue Two at Iwo Jima, probably during the pre-landing bombardment, 19 Feb 1945 |
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| Smoke rising from Mount Suribachi as it was hit by aerial bombs and naval guns, 19 Feb 1945 | Starshells or other pyrotechnics over Iwo Jima, night of 19 Feb 1945, photo 1 of 2 |
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| Starshells or other pyrotechnics over Iwo Jima, night of 19 Feb 1945, photo 2 of 2 | The first wave of landing craft at Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945, photo 1 of 6 |
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| The first wave of landing craft at Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945, photo 2 of 6 | The first wave of landing craft at Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945, photo 3 of 6 |
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| The first wave of landing craft at Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945, photo 4 of 6 | The first wave of landing craft at Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945, photo 5 of 6 |
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| The first wave of landing craft at Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945, photo 6 of 6 | Two 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 |
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| Two beached and one broached LVTs on an Iwo Jima beach, 19 Feb 1945 | Two LCI(L)s off Iwo Jima at what appeared to be dawn, probably during the pre-landing bombardment, 19 Feb 1945 |
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| US 6th Fleet off Iwo Jima, Japan, 19 Feb 1945; note Mount Suribachi in background | US Fourth Division Marines aboard a transport off Iwo Jima watched the first wave of amphtracs, 19 Feb 1945 |
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| US Marine Corporal Virgil W. Burgess gave his dog Prince instructions on which foxhole to carry a message to, Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945 | US Marine LVTs and M4 tanks maneuvered inland from Iwo Jima beach, 19 Feb 1945 |
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