Amtracs Trapped In Iwo's Fire and Sand
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Amtracs Trapped In Iwo's Fire and Sand
February 1945
Gelatin silver print
19.5 x 24.1 cm.
Museum accession
Inscriptions verso-(printed) "4143" "From: Public Relations Division U.S. Coast
Guard Washington, D.C." "Official Coast Guard Photo"
"Amtracs Trapped In Iwo's Fire And Sand" "Along the beaches of Iwo
Jima, Amtracs are bogged down in the sands - some of them stopped by
the fierce enfilading fire of the Japs, others half buried by the
treacherous volcanic ash spewed out in years gone by from the crater
of Mount Suribachi. Marines and Coast Guard beach parties, in
background, operate communications and command posts and foxhole..."
Guard Washington, D.C." "Official Coast Guard Photo"
"Amtracs Trapped In Iwo's Fire And Sand" "Along the beaches of Iwo
Jima, Amtracs are bogged down in the sands - some of them stopped by
the fierce enfilading fire of the Japs, others half buried by the
treacherous volcanic ash spewed out in years gone by from the crater
of Mount Suribachi. Marines and Coast Guard beach parties, in
background, operate communications and command posts and foxhole..."
