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| USS New York bombarding Iwo Jima USS New York (BB-34) bombarding Japanese defenses on Iwo Jima, She has just fired the left-hand 14"/45 gun of Number Four turret. View looks aft, on the starboard side. February 16, 1945. |
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| USS Texas (BB-35) during Iwo Jima landing USS Texas (BB-35) underway off Iwo Jima during the landings, February 1945. USS LSM-266 is in the right background. Photographed from USS Nevada (BB-36). |
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| USS Texas recovers Vought OS2U "Kingfisher" Iwo Jima USS Texas (BB-35) recovers a Vought OS2U "Kingfisher" floatplane in a light rain at 1700 Hrs. on 16 February 1945, the first day of the Iwo Jima pre-invasion bombardment. The OS2U's radioman is riding the wing after hooking the plane to the recovery crane. Note details of the crane, aircraft recovery mat and net, 40mm quad gun mounting and the plane's color scheme and markings. |
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| Wounded Marines at Iwo Jima first aid station U.S. Navy doctors and corpsmen administer to wounded Marines at an Iwo Jima first aid station, Navy Chaplain Lieutenant (Junior Grade) John H. Galbreath (right center) is kneeling beside a man who has severe flash burns, received in an artillery battery fifty yards away. Photographed by Warrant Officer Obie Newcomb, Jr., USMCR, February 20, 1945. |
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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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