Aerial photo of US flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima in March 1945
U.S. Navy Official photograph, Gift of Charles Ives, from the Collection of The National World War II Museum
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532.Photograph 'File Number: 48552 March 17, 1945 Symbol of Marine Fortitude Mount Suribachi, extinct in its volcanic activity, was very much alive as a factor in the Marines' battle for Iwo Jima, the tiny blood-soaked island on the road to Tokyo. From the rocky crags of this volcanic core, Jap [Japanese] big guns accurately covered our landing operations with deadly fire until the strategic heights were scaled by U. S. Marines, and the enemy batteries obliterated. Atop the rim a speck of white reveals the Stars and Stripes flying.' 17 March 1945
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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.
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