RARE! WW2 U.S. MARINE CORPS OFFICIAL NAVY IWO JIMA MARINES FEB.19, 1945 PHOTO

Description: ORIGINAL! RARE! WW2 U.S. MARINE CORPS OFFICIAL NAVY IWO JIMA MARINES FEB.19,1945 PHOTO ORIGINAL! RARE! WW2 U.S. MARINE CORPS OFFICIAL NAVY IWO JIMA MARINES FEB.19,1945 PHOTO INCORRECTLY HAND ID'd ON THE REVERSE ABOVE THE U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPHERS STAMP ON THE REVERSE: USS LSM - 46 (Should be USS LSM - 206 from National Archives)Iwo Jima OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPHERS STAMP ON THE REVERSE: OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOS H G. NELSON 311 Granby St. NORFOLK 10, VA.. Reorders $1.00 Including Mailing DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTO FROM AN ARCHIVE SOURCE : Troops Preparing to Advance Across Beach YELLOW 1, March 19,1945 (D-Day). Crowding the beach at Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945, troops of the 4th Marine Division hug the island’s black volcanic sand. Moments after this photo was taken, Japanese artillery and machine-gun fire erupted from hidden positions across the island. DIMENSIONS: 7 7/8" x 10 1/16" SEPIA SHARP FOCUS WITH VERY GOOD CONTRAST. CONDITION IS EXTREMELY FINE WITH SOME VERY LIGHT HANDLING FROM ITS 79+ YEARS. (please see pictures) THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS NOT A REPRODUCTION OR A COPY. PLEASE SEE MY 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND BUY WITH CONFIDENCE. Landing Ship Medium (LSM) was an amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy in World War II. Of a size between that of Landing Ships Tank and Landing Craft Infantry, 558 LSMs were built for the USN between 1944 and 1945. The Battle of Iwo Jima was an epic military campaign between U.S. Marines and the Imperial Army of Japan in early 1945. Located 750 miles off the coast of Japan, the island of Iwo Jima had three airfields that could serve as a staging facility for a potential invasion of mainland Japan. American forces invaded the island on February 19, 1945, and the ensuing Battle of Iwo Jima lasted for five weeks. In some of the bloodiest fighting of World War II, it’s believed that all but 200 or so of the 21,000 Japanese forces on the island were killed, as were almost 7,000 Marines. But once the fighting was over, the strategic value of Iwo Jima was called into question.

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