LVTs coming ashore on Iwo Jima beach in February 1945

Gift of Julian Dean, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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LVTs [Landing Vehicle Tracked]/amphibious tanks coming ashore on Iwo Jima Beach, as seen from an unidentified landing craft. Official caption: "Devastation on the beach on D-Day. Coast Guard Photo 215-7." Iwo Jima. February 1945

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Items from the service of Julian W. Moody, a photographer with the 273rd Field Artillery Bn in Europe.
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Beaches--Iwo Jima
Landing craft--American--Iwo Jima
War damage--Iwo Jima