"Sulphur Island" Fenced In
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Unidentified
Maker
"Sulphur Island" Fenced In
1945
Gelatin silver print
19.5 x 24.1 cm.
Museum accession
Inscriptions verso-(printed) "4135" "From: Public Relations Division U.S. Coast
Guard Washington, D.C." "Official Coast Guard Photo"
"'Sulphur Island' Fenced In" "Dead Japs lie twisted grotesquely in the
volcanic dust of Iwo Jima - in a shell hole gouged on the ashy slopes
below Mount Suribachi. Off shore, thickly massed, is the irresistible
striking force of America's amphibious invaders - an imposing array of
Navy ships, Coast Guard-manned LST's and smaller landing craft. It was
in a futile attempt to block this formidable attacking power that..."
Guard Washington, D.C." "Official Coast Guard Photo"
"'Sulphur Island' Fenced In" "Dead Japs lie twisted grotesquely in the
volcanic dust of Iwo Jima - in a shell hole gouged on the ashy slopes
below Mount Suribachi. Off shore, thickly massed, is the irresistible
striking force of America's amphibious invaders - an imposing array of
Navy ships, Coast Guard-manned LST's and smaller landing craft. It was
in a futile attempt to block this formidable attacking power that..."
