US Coast Guard guns firing at Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, 1945
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Smoke rising from Mount Suribachi; United States Coast Guardsmen are stationed behind an artillery gun in the foreground. Official caption on front: "Big Navy guns pound the cliffs and caves of Mt. Suribachi. Coast Guard Photo 215-19." Iwo Jima, Japan. 1945
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1945-02-
1945-03-
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This collection consists of approximately 1700 official military photographs that were reproduced by the Official Photos Company of Hollywood. Referred to as The War's Greatest Photographs, many of these photographs have been featured in magazines and books and many of the originals can be found in the United States National Archives and Records Administration. The images feature every theater and branch of the military in various campaigns and battles throughout World War II.
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Iō-jima
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24.783
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141.333
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan
Campaigns & battles--Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan