Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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US Coast Guardsmen assisting a wounded Marine into an LCVP after the Marine’s LVT sustained a direct hit while heading to the landing beaches on Iwo Jima, Feb 18, 1945.	A reserve wave of US 4th Marines Division waited on the beach, Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945

A US Navy Medical Corpsman dressed a wounded Marine while others ducked nearby for cover, Iwo Jima, Japan, 19 Feb 1945	Aerial photo of the Iwo Jima invasion beach, 19 Feb 1945; note landing craft approaching the beach and the wing of a SB2C-4 Helldiver aircraft from carrier Hancock

Aerial view of Mount Suribachi, 19 Feb 1945	American casualty rested on a bed of life preservers aboard a US Coast Guard LCVP, 19 Feb 1945

American ships off Iwo Jima, circa Feb 1945	Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver with Bombing Squadron VB-80 returning to the USS Hancock after flying close ground support strikes in support of the Marines landing on Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945.

Fifth Division Marines moving inland off the beach, after coming ashore on Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945; note Mount Suribachi in background	Landing craft forming up boat waves in preparation for the initial landings on Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945

LVT landers carried US Marines past battleship Tennessee toward Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945	Marines crouched in a Coast Guard-manned LCVP on the way in on the first wave to hit the beach at Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945, photo 1 of 2

Marines crouched in a Coast Guard-manned LCVP on the way in on the first wave to hit the beach at Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945, photo 2 of 2	Marines in a LCVP off Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945

Men of US Marine Corps 4th Division shelling Japanese positions from the beach, Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb 1945	Men of US Marines, Second Battalion, Seventh Regiment waited to move inland on Iwo Jima, soon after going ashore, 19 Feb 1945

Men of USMC 5th Division advancing through the volcanic ash hills of Red Beach No. 1 at Iwo Jima, Japan, 19 Feb 1945, photo 1 of 2	Men of USMC 5th Division advancing through the volcanic ash hills of Red Beach No. 1 at Iwo Jima, Japan, 19 Feb 1945, photo 2 of 2

Smoke rising from Mount Suribachi as it was hit by aerial bombs and naval guns, 19 Feb 1945	The first wave of landing craft at Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945, photo 1 of 6