Iwo Jima
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Iwo Jima
February 20, 1945
Gelatin silver print
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
Inscriptions printed in ink on verso: File No: 48158 Released: Feb, 20, 1945/
IWO JIMA - EIGHT SQUARE MILES OF HELL/
"Like a pork chop sizzling on a hot griddle" was the way one commentator/ described the volcanic island of Iwo Jima, which the U.S. Marines assulted/ on February 19,
1945. Landing at three places between the extinct volcanic/ core, Mt. Suribachi, lower right, and the projection of land at top, the/ Leathernecks headed inland covered by a hail of steel from warships standing/ off. Their first objective was the series of airstrips at right, and increas-/ingly heavy Japanese resistance was encountered as Marines moved toward/ its runways. This view of Iwo Jima, 700 miles from the Jap homeland, was taken/ on a pre-invasion photographic mission./
RELEASED BY U.S. NAVY[underlined]/
IWO JIMA - EIGHT SQUARE MILES OF HELL/
"Like a pork chop sizzling on a hot griddle" was the way one commentator/ described the volcanic island of Iwo Jima, which the U.S. Marines assulted/ on February 19,
1945. Landing at three places between the extinct volcanic/ core, Mt. Suribachi, lower right, and the projection of land at top, the/ Leathernecks headed inland covered by a hail of steel from warships standing/ off. Their first objective was the series of airstrips at right, and increas-/ingly heavy Japanese resistance was encountered as Marines moved toward/ its runways. This view of Iwo Jima, 700 miles from the Jap homeland, was taken/ on a pre-invasion photographic mission./
RELEASED BY U.S. NAVY[underlined]/
