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Description Scene on an Iwo Jima landing beach, circa late February 1945. A broached Landing Craft, Mechanized (LCM) from USS Belle Grove (LSD-2) is in the center foreground. Several amphibious tractors (LVT) are among the vehicles on the beach, amid scattered supplies and mounds of volcanic ash.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo NH 104371-KN from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author Original 35 mm Kodachrome transparency, photographed by Lieutenant Howard W. Whalen, USNR, Boat Group Commander, USS Sanborn (APA-193).

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