US marines digging foxholes on Iwo Jima in Februayr 1945
Gift of Julian Dean, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
Description:
US Marines digging foxholes on volcanic beach, using Marsden matting for support; bulldozers and cranes moving wrecked machinery around beach. Official caption:'"Foxholes in the volcanic ash on Iwo Jima beach. Coast Guard Photo 215-8." Iwo Jima. February 1945
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Items from the service of Julian W. Moody, a photographer with the 273rd Field Artillery Bn in Europe.
Geography:
IÅ-jima
Latitude:
24.783
Longitude:
141.333
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Marines (Military personnel)--Iwo Jima
Foxholes--Iwo Jima
Digging--Iwo Jima