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General Douglas MacArthur and Colonel James Corbett at the ruins of the Manila Hotel, Manila, Philippine Islands, 23 Feb 1945	German paratroopers moving a 7.5 cm PaK 40 gun into position in muddy terrain, Italy, 23 Feb 1945

Joe Rosenthal making a photograph of US servicemen with the second flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, 23 Feb 1945	Lieutenant (jg) Lewis entering a F4F Wildcat fighter aboard USS Anzio, Pacific Ocean, 23 Feb 1945

Lone US Marine in rocky terrain, Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb 1945	LSM-238 unloading on an Iwo Jima Beach, Japan, circa 21-25 Feb 1945

Men of 28th Regiment, US 5th Marine Division putting up the first flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, at 1020 hours on 23 Feb 1945; note M1 Carbine	Nearly deflated Japanese Fu-Go Type A balloon grounded near Tremonton, Utah, United States, 23 Feb 1945. The ballast dropping equipment found with this balloon was damaged.

Raising the US flag atop Mount Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal, Iwo Jima, Japan, 23 Feb 1945	US Marines operating a captured Japanese Type 92 machine gun, Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb 1945

US Marines posing with the second flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, 23 Feb 1945	US Marines removing the first Mount Suribachi flag as the second flag was being raised, Iwo Jima, Japan, 23 Feb 1945

Aerial view of Iwo Jima and Mt Suribachi looking across the southern point and the landing beeches to the supply ship staging area, 24 Feb 1945, five days after the initial landings.	Piles of supplies for US 3rd and 5th Marine Divisions, Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945

South Dakota underway in the Pacific Ocean en route toward Japan, 24 Feb 1945	US Marine Corps Major General Keller Rockey at his command post, Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945

USS Tambor, USS Ray, USS Greenling, USS Cero (barely visible), and USS Raton (barely visible) at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 24 Feb 1945	A bulldozer preparing a roadway as LSM-47 opened her cargo bay doors, Green Beach, Iwo Jima, Japan, circa 25 Feb 1945

A carbine-equipped US Marine on Iwo Jima, Feb 1945; note M8 grenade launcher attached to the muzzle of the weapon	Landing ships and craft unloading on Iwo Jima's eastern beaches, 25 Feb 1945; photo taken from atop Mount Suribachi