Old Glory Wins New Glory At Iwo Jima - From the crest of Mount Suribachi, the stars and stripes wave in triumph over Iwo Jima after U.S. Marines had fought their way inch by inch up its steep lava- opes, wiping out Japanese contesting their climb from...
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Old Glory Wins New Glory At Iwo Jima - From the crest of Mount Suribachi, the stars and stripes wave in triumph over Iwo Jima after U.S. Marines had fought their way inch by inch up its steep lava- opes, wiping out Japanese contesting their climb from...
February 1945
Gelatin silver print
24.1 x 19.4 cm.
Museum accession
Inscriptions verso-(printed) "4140" "From: Public Relations Division U.S. Coast
Guard Washington, D.C." "Official Coast Guard Photo"
"Old Glory Wins New Glory At Iwo Jima" "From the crest of Mount
Suribachi, the stars and stripes wave in triumph over Iwo Jima after
U.S. Marines had fought their way inch by inch up its steep lava-
encrusted slopes, wiping out Japs contesting their climb from caves
guarded by pillboxes. Below stretches the beach, called Futatsune,
where Coast Guard-manned and Navy LST's pour forth men and..."
Guard Washington, D.C." "Official Coast Guard Photo"
"Old Glory Wins New Glory At Iwo Jima" "From the crest of Mount
Suribachi, the stars and stripes wave in triumph over Iwo Jima after
U.S. Marines had fought their way inch by inch up its steep lava-
encrusted slopes, wiping out Japs contesting their climb from caves
guarded by pillboxes. Below stretches the beach, called Futatsune,
where Coast Guard-manned and Navy LST's pour forth men and..."
