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Two LCI(L)s off Iwo Jima at what appeared to be dawn, probably during the pre-landing bombardment, 19 Feb 1945	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	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	US Marine M4A3 Sherman flame tank, also known as 'Ronson', at Iwo Jima, Feb 1945

US Marines fighting on Iwo Jima, Japan, 19 Feb 1945	US Marines in a LCVP approaching Iwo Jima, Japan, 19 Feb 1945

US Marines on Iwo Jima, Japan, 19 Feb 1945	US Marines scoring a direct hit on a Japanese pillbox, Iwo Jima, Japan, 19 Feb 1945

US officers watched the Iwo Jima landing operations, 19 Feb 1945; still taken from the film 'To the Shores of Iwo Jima'	USS LCT-1030 and USS LST-731 beached at Beach Blue Two at Iwo Jima, shortly after the 19 Feb 1945 landings

USS LST-731 beached at Beach Blue Two on Iwo Jima, shortly after the 19 Feb 1945 landings	View of the invasion beach on Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945

Wounded Marines being transferred aboard a ship for evacuation from Iwo Jima, Feb 19, 1945.	A 37mm gun on Iwo Jima beach with Mount Suribachi in background, 20 Feb 1945; note the TBM Avenger flying overhead

A US Marine used a flamethrower against a Japanese pillbox as he was covered by two riflemen, Iwo Jima, Feb 1945	Aerial view of Mount Suribachi, 20 Feb 1945

Beach scene on Iwo Jima about two or three days after the 19 Feb 1945 landings	Dead Marines of the US 3rd Marine Division, covered by ponchos, Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb-Mar 1945