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| Doberman war dog stands guard on Iwo Jima Pfc. Rez P. Hester with the 7th War Dog Platoon, 25th Regiment, takes a nap while Butch, his Doberman war dog stands guard looking for the Japanese army on Iwo Jima, during the battle of Iwo Jima, February 1945. Photo by S.Sgt. M. Kauffman, US Marine Corps. |
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| Marines fire on Japanese positions, Iwo Jima Across the litter on Iwo Jima's black sands, Marines of the 4th Division shell Japanese positions cleverly concealed back from the beaches. Here, a gun pumps a stream of shells into Japanese positions inland on the small island. February 20, 1945. |
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| Destroyed equipment after battle, Iwo Jima Smashed by Japanese mortar and shellfire, trapped by Iwo's treacherous black-ash sands, amtracs, tanks, landing craft and other vehicles of war lay knocked out on the black sands of the volcanic island. February 26, 1945. PhoM3c. Robert M. Warren. (Coast Guard) |
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| Fallen Marine from the fighting 4th Fallen Marine from the 4th Marine Division, "Fighting 4th" during the battle of Iwo Jima, threatens the enemy even in death. His bayonet fixed at the Charge, he was killed by intense Japanese sniper fire as he advanced. February 19, 1945. Sgt. Bob Cooke. (Marine Corps) |
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| Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima U.S. Marines from the 28th Regiment 5th Marine Division and Navy corpsman raising the flag on Iwo Jima. This is a historic photograph taken on February 23, 1945 by Joe Rosenthal. It depicts five United States Marines and a U.S. Navy corpsman raising the flag of the United States atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. The photograph was extremely popular, being reprinted in hundreds of publications. Later, it became the only photograph to win the Pulitzer Prize for Photography in the same year as its publication, and ultimately came to be regarded as one of the most significant and recognizable images of the war, and possibly the most reproduced photograph of all time. Of the six men pictured — Michael Strank, Rene Gagnon, Ira Hayes, Franklin Sousley, John Bradley (the Navy corpsman), and Harlon Block — only three (Hayes, Gagnon, and Bradley) survived the battle. Strank was killed six days after the flag raising when a shell, Block was killed by a mortar a few hours after Strank; Sousley — the last of the flag-raisers to succumb — was shot and killed by a sniper on March 21, a few days before the island was declared secure. |
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| American flag on top of Mount Suribachi From the crest of Mount Suribachi, the American flag wave in triumph over Iwo Jima after U.S. Marines had fought their way up the hill, February 1945. PhoM3c. John Papsun. (Coast Guard) |
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| Soldiers during pre-invasion briefing, Iwo Jima Lieutenant Wade discusses overall importance of target at pre-invasion briefing. Invasion of Iwo Jima, February 18, 1945. John More. (Marine Corps) |
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| Marines battle on Iwo Jima Observer who spotted a machine gun nest finds its location on a map so they can send the information to artillery or mortars to wipe out the position. Iwo Jima, February 20, 1945. |
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| Marines land on Iwo Jima Out of the gaping mouths of Coast Guard and Navy Landing Craft, rose the great flow of invasion supplies to the blackened sands of Iwo Jima, a few hours after the Marines had wrested their foothold on the vital island. 1945. PhoM2c. Paul Queenan. (Coast Guard ). |
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| Marines with 5th Division move on Red Beach 1 Marines of the 5th Division inch their way up a slope on Red Beach No. 1 toward Surbachi Yama as the smoke of the battle drifts about them. Iwo Jima, February 19, 1945. |
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| Destroyed equipment on Iwo Jima Smashed by Japanese mortar and shellfire, trapped by Iwo's treacherous black-ash sands, amtracs and other vehicles of war lay knocked out on the black sands of the volcanic island. February 26, 1945. PhoM3c. Robert M. Warren. (Coast Guard) |
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| First wave of troops land on Iwo Jima Landing craft brings first wave of U.S. Troops to Iwo Jima. February 1945. (Navy) |
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| 7th War Dog Platoon on Iwo Jima Pfc. Rez P. Hester, 7th War Dog Platoon, 25th Regt., takes a nap while Butch, his war dog stands guard on Iwo Jima, February 1945. S.Sgt. M. Kauffman. (Marine Corps ) |
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| Navy corpsmen help wounded Marines, Iwo Jima Wounded Marines are helped to an aid station by Navy corpsmen and Marine walking wounded on Iwo Jima, February 1945. Cpl. Eugene Jones. (Marine Corps ) |
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| Wounded soldier after Japanese Kamikaze attack Pressure bandaged after they suffered burns when their ship was hit by a Kamikaze attack. The wounded men are fed aboard the USS Solace in 1945, Iwo Jima, Attributed to Lt. Victor Jorgensen. (Navy) |
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| Marines land on Iwo Jima, February 19, 1945 "H-Hour" Waves of amphibious tractors (LVTs) approach the Iwo Jima invasion beaches in the first moments of the U.S. Marine amphibious assault on the island, 19 February 1945. Mount Suribachi is in the left center background. This image taken from an airplane flying over the invasion area, it was flown to Guam, transmitted by radio, and printed in an American newspaper within fifteen hours after it was made. February 19, 1945. |
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| Iwo Jima during the pre-invasion bombardment Iwo Jima during the pre-invasion bombardment on February 17, 1945, looking north with Mount Suribachi in the foreground. Photographed from an airplane based on USS Makin Island (CVE-93). |
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| USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95) explodes from Kamikaze attack Large explosion on board the ship, after she was hit by a Kamikaze during the night of 21-22 February 1945, while she was taking part in the Iwo Jima operation. She sank as a result of her damage. Photographed from USS Saginaw Bay (CVE-82). |
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| USS New York bombarding Iwo Jima USS New York (BB-34) bombarding Japanese defenses on Iwo Jima, February 16, 1945. She has just fired the left-hand 14"/45 gun of number four turret. View looks aft, on the starboard side. |
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| Marines on LVT head for Iwo Jima Amphibious tractors (LVT) underway off Iwo Jima during the landings on February 19, 1945. The island is in the distance, shrouded in smoke with Mount Suribachi at the extreme left.Photographed by Lieutenant Howard W. Whalen, USNR, Boat Group Commander, USS Sanborn (APA-193). |
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