Landing craft mill about in their distinguishing cycles before hitting the Iwo Jima beach on 19 February 1945

U.S. Navy Official photograph, Gift of Charles Ives, from the Collection of The National World War II Museum
Description: 

542.Photograph 'File Number: 304743 Released: March 14, 1945 Assault on Iwo Jima Grim milestones on the Tokyo Road The attack on Iwo Jima was marked not only by its fury, but by its complexity and the intricate coordination of the operation. Involving hundreds of ships and planes, and thousands of men, the battle followed its timetable so exactly that the Marines hit the beach on February 19, 1945, only seconds off the hour appointed by strategists long before D-Day. The Japs resisted bitterly from near-impregnable positions, and the Marines paid a high toll; but from the opening bombardment the assault rolled relentlessly on according to plan. Landing craft mill about in their distinguishing cycles before hitting for the beach on D-Day.' 19 February 1945

Image Information

Donor: 
Charles Ives
Accession Number: 
2011.102.542
Date: 
Location: 
Hometown: 
Branch: 
US Marine Corps
Theater of Service: 
Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)
Unit: 
Campaign / Event: 
Iwo Jima (February 1945)
POW / KIA: 
Topical Subjects: 
Landing craft--American--Iwo Jima
Military tactics
Collection Level: 
The Charles Ives Collection consists of 719 photographs from the Pacific Theater of WWII. Many of the photographs were taken between 1944 and 1945. Mr. Ives inherited the photographs from a friend from Marblehead, Massachusetts who served as an aviator in the Army Air Corps and discharged as a Major in 1945.
Geography: 
Iō-jima
Latitude: 
24.783
Longitude: 
141.333
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Landing craft--American--Iwo Jima
Military tactics