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View of an airfield on Iwo Jima, Japan, 7 Mar 1945; photo taken from an aircraft of USS Anzio	View of the northern face of Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, 7 Mar 1945; photo taken from an aircraft of USS Anzio

View of the southwestern face of Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, 7 Mar 1945; photo taken from an aircraft of USS Anzio	Portside broadside view of the cruiser USS New Orleans off Mare Island, California, United States, 8 Mar 1945.

US Navy Cmdr. Thomas Gaylord administering oath to five new nurses commissioned in New York, United States, 8 Mar 1945; Phyllis Mae Dailey, USN's first African-American nurse, stood second from right	Americans at the Remagen Bridge, Germany, 8-10 Mar 1945

B-24H Liberator aircraft 'Spotted Ass Ape', lead assembly ship for 458th Bomber Group, US 754th Bomber Squadron based at RAF Horsham St. Faiths, Norfolk, England, UK, Mar 9 1945, photo 4 of 5	Bow view of USS Ray, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 9 Mar 1945

Hitler Youth member Willi Hübner being awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class medal for bravery in combat, East Prussia, Germany, 9 Mar 1945	Joseph Goebbels shaking hands with Hitler Youth member Willi Hübner, who had just received the Iron Cross 2nd Class medal for bravery in combat, East Prussia, Germany, 9 Mar 1945

M4 Sherman tank fitted with a bulldozer blade supporting US Marine infantry on Iwo Jima, 9 Mar 1945.	Painted decoy B-29 bomber near Tianhe Airfield, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, 9 Mar 1945

Side view of USS Ray, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 9 Mar 1945	Stern view of USS Ray, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 9 Mar 1945

USS Dragonet off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 9 March 1945, photo 1 of 2	USS Dragonet off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 9 March 1945, photo 2 of 2

USS Ray off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, having just exited Napa River into San Pablo Bay, 9 Mar 1945	A Boeing B-29 Superfortress of the 9th Bomb Group comes in for a landing on Iwo Jima, Mar 10, 1945. Note P-51D Mustang in the foreground.

A Bulldozer with the US Marines 32nd Sea Bees cutting a road to the summit of Mt Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Mar 10, 1945. In 50 years of occupation, the Japanese had never built a road to the top of Suribachi.	A US Marine forward base nestled into the few pieces of foliage left on the island, Iwo Jima, Mar 10, 1945