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USS Sand Lance off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 26 Feb 1945; note USS Snapper, USS Cero, or USS Raton in background	M4 Sherman 'Cairo' disabled by land mine, Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb 1945; note heavy wooden side planking meant to protect against magnetic demolition charges.

Aerial photograph of Iwo Jima's east landing beaches as LSTs, LSMs, and LCTs unloaded supplies, circa late Feb 1945	African-American soldiers of the US Army on march in Noyon, France, 28 Feb 1945

Burial at sea for a casualty of the battle for Iwo Jima aboard troop transport USS Hansford while she was evacuating wounded men to Saipan, 25-28 February 1945.	Destroyed American amtracs and other vehicles on beach of Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb-Mar 1945

Drayton bombarding Palawan Island, Philippine Islands, 28 Feb 1945	Four US Marines cleared out a cave with BAR, small arms, and grenades, Iwo Jima, circa Feb-Mar 1945

Iwo Jima landing beach, cluttered with abandoned vehicles and other debris, circa late Feb 1945	LCMs broached in the surf (the left most one was from USS Belle Grove LSD-2) and LVTs and other vehicles on Blue Beach, Iwo Jima, Japan, circa late Feb 1945

LSDs and other amphibious ships off Iwo Jima, circa late Feb 1945	LST-764 unloading on an Iwo Jima beach, circa late Feb 1945

Men of Company C, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, US 1st Infantry Division marching toward Frauwüllesheim, Germany, after crossing the Roer River, 28 Feb 1945	Mugford off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 28 Feb 1945, photo 1 of 2

Mugford off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 28 Feb 1945, photo 2 of 2	Scene on a Iwo Jima beach, as supplies were unloaded and trucked inland, circa late Feb 1945

US Marine rocket-launching trucks in action on Iwo Jima, Japan, 28 Feb 1945; note Mk 7 rocket launcher firing 4.5-inch beach barrage rockets	US Marines Sergeant B. D. Boyant and Corporal Kenneth E. Hales setting up the 4th Marine Division's post office on Iwo Jima, late Feb 1945

US naval transports off Iwo Jima, late Feb 1945	US Marine hauling an ammunition cart on Iwo Jima invasion beach, Japan, 19 Feb 1945