Supplies Pour Onto Iwo Jima Beachhead - Out of the gaping mouths of Coast Guard-manned and Navy landing craft rose the great flow of invasion supplies to the blackened sands of Iwo Jima, a few hours arines had wrested their foothold on the vital island...
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Supplies Pour Onto Iwo Jima Beachhead - Out of the gaping mouths of Coast Guard-manned and Navy landing craft rose the great flow of invasion supplies to the blackened sands of Iwo Jima, a few hours arines had wrested their foothold on the vital island...
February 1945
Gelatin silver print
19.4 x 24.0 cm.
Museum accession
Inscriptions verso-(printed) "4098" "From: Public Relations Division U.S. Coast
Guard Washington, D.C." "Official Coast Guard Photo"
"Supplies Pour Onto Iwo Jima Beachhead" :Out of the gaping mouths of
Coast Guard-manned and Navy landing craft rose the great flow of
invasion supplies to the blackened sands of Iwo Jima. A few hours
after the Marines had wrested their foothold on the vital island in
the front yard of Tokyo. Under raking fire from emplacements concealed
at each end of Futatsune Beach, the early waves secured a beachhead.."
Guard Washington, D.C." "Official Coast Guard Photo"
"Supplies Pour Onto Iwo Jima Beachhead" :Out of the gaping mouths of
Coast Guard-manned and Navy landing craft rose the great flow of
invasion supplies to the blackened sands of Iwo Jima. A few hours
after the Marines had wrested their foothold on the vital island in
the front yard of Tokyo. Under raking fire from emplacements concealed
at each end of Futatsune Beach, the early waves secured a beachhead.."
