Navy guns pound Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945
Gift of Julian Dean, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
Description:
US Coast Guard and Navy vessels shooting at Mount Suribachi; a Bofors 40 mm antiaircraft gun in foreground. Official caption:'"Big Navy guns pound the cliffs and caves of Mt. Suribachi. Coast Guard Photo 215-19." Iwo Jima. 19 February 1945
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Items from the service of Julian W. Moody, a photographer with the 273rd Field Artillery Bn in Europe.
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IÅ-jima
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24.783
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141.333
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Ships--American--Iwo Jima
Amphibious operations--Iwo Jima