Loaded with battle-wise Marines of the Fifth Amphibious Corps, LSMs, (Landing Ship Medium), dash for the beach at Iwo Jima

Title:: Loaded with battle-wise Marines of the Fifth Amphibious Corps, LSMs, (Landing Ship Medium), dash for the beach at Iwo Jima
Creator:: United States. Marine Corps
Name on Item:: Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo By Cpl. Arthur Kiely, Jr.
Date:: [February 19, 1945]
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Photographic prints
Location:: American Legion Museum
Collection (local):: World War II by Combat Photographers
Subjects:: Landing craft
Campaigns & battles
Smoke
Seas
Mountains
World War, 1939-1945
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945
United States. Marine Corps. Amphibious Corps, V
Places:: Japan > Sulphur Island (island)
Japan > Suribachi-yama (hill)
Extent:: 1 photograph : print ; sheet 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 format)
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Caption: Storming Iwo - Loaded with battle-wise Marines of the Fifth Amphibious Corps, LSMs, (Landing Ship Medium), dash for the beach at Iwo Jima shortly after H-hour in the invasion of that enemy bastion, 660 miles from the Japanese homeland. Shrouded by the smoke of the naval bombardment, Mount Suribachi, miniature volcano at the southern tip of the island, appears in the background. Hdqrs. No. 109,598.
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Identifier:: 1-77