Marines, Iwo

Marines, Iwo

Item Information

Title:
Marines, Iwo
Creator:
United States. Marine Corps
Name on Item:
Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo By PFC Charles O. Jones
Date:
[February 19, 1945–March 26, 1945]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
American Legion Museum
Collection (local):
World War II by Combat Photographers
Subjects:
Marines (Military personnel)
Campaigns & battles
Explosions
Blasting
World War, 1939-1945
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945
United States. Marine Corps
Places:
Japan > Sulphur Island (island)
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 format)
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Caption: Drive to the Sea - Supported by tanks, Marines staged a frontal attack on Japanese positions in the craggy ridges of northern Iwo. The blasts in the center are Japanese mortar shells meant for the tank at the left. This advance [netted] twenty years of ground at a cost of thirty casualties. Hdqtrs. No. 111,099.
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Identifier:
1-61