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RARE! WW2 US MARINE CORPS OFFICIAL ID'd + DATED IWO JIMACAPTURED HARDWAREPHOTOORIGINAL! RARE! US MARINE CORPS OFFICIAL (DAY) DATED(THE DAY THE INVASION STARTED ON FEBRUARY 19 PLUS 22 DAYS) **IWO JIMA PHOTOGRAPH.
DURING THE BATTLE OF IWO JIMA 2 MARINES STAND BYCAPTURED JAPANESE MILITARY HARDWARE AND FUEL DRUMS STORED RIGHT OFF THE BEACH WITH A LANDING SHIP IN THE BACKGROUND.
PERIOD HAND WRITTEN USMC IDENTIFIED ON THE UPPER REVERSE LEFT CORNER:
Rocker launcher, portable. Used with small rockets of approx. 6" diameter.
D plus 22 (MARCH 13,1945 )
Iwo Jima
3/13/45
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LARGE OFFICIAL U.S. MARINE CORPS PHOTO.
DIMENSIONS: 8 1/16" x 9 15/16"
VERY SHARP FOCUS WITH VERY GOOD CONTRAST.
CONDITION IS EXTREMELY FINE FOR ITS 79 + YEARS WITH SOME VERY LIGHT HANDLING AND PERIOD ALBUM RESIDUE SPOTS ON THE REVERSE CORNERS.
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** 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.
