Iwo Jima invasion 1945 part 2 | World War Photos

Iwo Jima part 2

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: Marine approaches a Japanese soldier on Iwo Jima. The Japanese soldier was buried for 1.5 days in this shell hole playing dead and ready with a live grenade inches away from his hand 16 March 1945

: Japanese Soldiers Run for Cover as U.S. Plane Flies over Iwo Jima

: Wounded Marines being treated at Aid Station on Iwo Jima 2

: Marines clear sniper from aircraft wreck on Iwo Jima 22 February 1945

: Marine studies map during fighting on Iwo Jima

: Japanese escort vessel beached on the shore of Iwo Jima

: Marines on Airfield 1 Iwo Jima

: Remains on Yellow Beach D-Day+7 Iwo Jima

: U.S. Navy invasion fleet ships off Iwo Jima 7

: Marines with massive Type 97 150 mm Japanese Mortar on Iwo Jima

: LVTs Head for Invasion Shore as Battleship blasts Iwo Jima

: Landing Craft bringing first wave of Marines to Iwo Jima

: Marine LVT under mortar fire 23 February 1945

: Japanese Type 96 25mm AA Gun emplacement on Yellow Beach

: Equipment and ships on Red Beach 1 Iwo Jima

: Wounded Marines being treated at Aid Station on Iwo Jima

: Marine NCO Sharpshooter in action on Iwo Jima 12 March 1945

: Medics carry wounded Marine on Iwo Jima

: Wreckage of Japanese High Speed Transport on Beach of Iwo Jima

: Marine DUKW off Iwo Jima Beach

: Japanese 5 inches Naval Gun Mount on Iwo Jima 13 March 1945

: Preparing to raise the 2nd Flag on Mount Suribachi Iwo Jima 23 February 1945

: 147th Infantry flamethrower clearing Japanese cave on Iwo Jima

: Equipment and ships on Red Beach 1 Iwo Jima 2

: Group of 4th Division Marines in an LCVP only seconds away from landing on Iwo Jima in front of Motoyama Airfield on 19 February 1945

: Japanese 12 inch coast defense gun emplaced on Iwo Jima on the northeast side of Mount Surabachi

: Marine demolition man blasts Japanese Pillbox on Iwo Jima

: Dead Japanese lie in a shell hole on the ashy slopes below Mt Suribachi

: Equipment on Yellow Beach D-Day+8 Iwo Jima

: USS LST-807 and LCI(L)-201 Iwo Jima

: 27th Marines advance up Ridge 362 on Iwo Jima 28 February 1945

: LCVPs from USS Pickens carry 4th Division Marine to Iwo Jima Beach

: 4th Marines pour ashore from LCVP at Iwo Jima

: 3/21 Marines crawling forward under fire at Airfield 2 Iwo Jima 24 February 1945

: M4 and 3/28 Marines Assault Under Mortar Fire Iwo Jima February 1945

: 4th Marine Division LVT churn for Iwo Jima Beach 1945

: 147th Infantry Regiment flame Thrower attack 8 Apil 1945

: 23rd Marines clear pillbox by wrecked A6M5 Zero

: African-American Marines Rest on Beach of Iwo Jima

: Japanese 200mm Rocket Launcher Found on Iwo Jima

: 3/21 Marines fight for Airfield 2 on Iwo Jima 24 February

: Marines offload supplies on Iwo Jima beachhead

: Mt Suribachi from the viewpoint of the USS Arkansas during the Battle of Iwo Jima

: 5th Division Marines Land on Red and Green beaches on Iwo Jima

: Iwo Jima beachhead, February 1945 3

: Japanese 200mm rockets found in bunker on Iwo Jima Mach 1945

: Marine Lieutenant with M1 Garand on Iwo Jima 22 February 1945

: Marine Tommy Gunner covers Japanese Pillbox 1st Day on Iwo Jima 19 February 1945

: Materials on Green Beach D-Day +5 Iwo Jima

: 3/21 Marines Fighting For Airfield 2 on Iwo Jima 24 February 1945

: Landing craft prepare to head for shore

: 4th Division Marines by Fallen Comrades on Iwo Jima

: LCM PA-46 from USS Knot battered by surf on Beach of Iwo Jima

: Marine Tommy Gunner in Firefight on Iwo Jima 23 February 1945

: Japanese coast defense gun captured by the 4th Marine Division on Iwo Jima

: Marine Throws Grenade on Iwo Jima February 1945

: Moment before the storm Marines in LCVP Head for Iwo Jima 19 February 1945

: Buffalo amphibians during the invasion of Iwo Jima

: Marines dug In on Iwo Jima under mortar fire 22 February 1945

: Marine BAR team locked in a firefight at Airfield 2 on Iwo Jima 28 February 1945

: Troops on Iwo Jima Beach viewed over KO’d Japanese Type 96 25 mm AA position

: 5th Marine LVT “Beautiful Queenie” on Yellow Beach

: First Wave of the 4th Marine Division in LVT Iwo Jima 19 February 1945

: 4th Division Marines land on Iwo Jima Beach during D-Day

: Marines use dozers to land supplies on the beach of Iwo Jima

: 9th Marines use flame thrower on pillbox overlooking landing beaches 24 February 1945

: Japanese Landing Vessels beached by U.S. bombs on Iwo Jima

: 4th Marine Division forward observer and flame thrower operator

: First waves pinned on Iwo Jima Beach 19 February 1945

: Japanese 200 mm Type 4 Rocket Launcher Iwo Jima March 1945

: Marine enroute to Iwo Jima with flamethrower named “Miss Spitfire”

: Japanese POW on Iwo Jima played dead of 1.5 Day

: LCVP load of Marines off Iwo Jima on 1st Day of Invasion 19 February 1945

: Ships off Iwo Jima during Opening Stages of Invasion

: Marine 105 mm Howitzer towed by LVT Iwo Jima 23 February 1945

: Marines prepare to assault blockhouse on Iwo Jima 5 March 1945

: 4th and 5th Division Marines Digging In on Iwo Jima

: Msrine flame thrower in action

: 5th Marine Division’s third and fourth waves of LCVP landing craft and LVT

: 23rd Marines firing on Japanese holding the high ground on Iwo Jima

: Wounded Marine at 4th Division Evacuation Hospital on Iwo Jima

: Marines in LCVP Headed for Beach of Iwo Jima

: Marine Forward Observer Team 23 February 1945

: Platoon Commander in 2/9 Marines in action Iwo Jima 26 February 1945

: Marine patrol studies Japanese maps on Iwo Jima

: Removing dead and wounded crew of USS LCI-441 off Iwo Jima Beach

: Aerial View Marine position on Iwo Jima D-Day +1

: U.S. Navy invasion fleet ships off Iwo Jima 8

: Navy TF Landing 5th Amphibious Corps during Iwo Jima Invasion

: Japanese APD wrecked on Iwo Jima’s Blue Beach

: Marine flame thrower team maneuvers on Japanese bunker

: 27th Marines weapons Company in action Airfield 2 Iwo Jima 22 February 1945

: Marine DUKW Burning on Iwo Jima Beach 19 February 1945

: Japanese 12 Inch Coast Defense Gun Iwo Jima

: Marines atop Mount Suribachi Iwo Jima 23 February 1945

: Marines unloading supplies from LSM-238 on Iwo Jima Beach

: 5th Division Marines bury fallen comrades on Iwo Jima

: LVTs jam-packed with 4th Marine Division troops approach the invasion beach of Iwo Jima at H-hour on D-Day February 19, 1945

: Marine flame thrower team in action on Iwo Jima 21 February 1945

: LCVP PA 196-5 and LVT at Iwo Jima Beach

: 28th Marines flame thrower operator Wilfred Voegeli Iwo Jima 24 February 1945

: U.S. invasion forces establish a beachhead on Iwo Jima 6

: KO Japanese AT gun installation Iwo Jima

: Target Recon Photo of Japanese Aircraft on Iwo Jima 15 June 1944

: LVT, DUKWs and LCVPs at Iwo Jima Beach

: Marines help wounded Japanese Prisoner on Iwo Jima

: Wounded Marines helped to Aid Station on Iwo Jima

: 4th Marine Division Commo Team on Iwo Jima 4 March 1945

: Japanese Triple 25mm AA Gun Mount on wrecked APD

: Japanese Type 101 Landing Ship wrecked on Iwo Jima Beach

: Wrecked Jeep and LCVP on Iwo Jima Beach 19 February 1945

: 750lb Japanese rocket at salvage dump

: LST with barge recovering wounded Marines Iwo Jima

Battle of Iwo Jima photo gallery part 2.