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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-K-3509 (Color)

Iwo Jima Operation, 1945

Mount Suribachi under bombardment on 19 February 1945, the day U.S. Marines landed on the island.
A landing craft infantry, support (LCS), in center, and several small craft are operating close inshore.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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Image posted 25 October 2006