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Photo #: NH 104335-KN (color) Iwo Jima Operation, 1945 Explosions on an Iwo Jima beach, with smoke from other blasts drifting down wind, probably during the pre-landing bombardment, circa 19 February 1945. Original 35mm Kodachrome transparency, photographed by Lieutenant Howard W. Whalen, USNR, Boat Group Commander, USS Sanborn (APA-193). Collection of Lieutenant Commander Howard W. Whalen, USNR. Donated by Mrs. Nadine Whalen, 1997. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 495 pixels

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Image posted 8 November 2006
Caption corrected 31 December 2006