Battleship firing naval guns at Iwo Jima in February 1945
Gift of Julian Dean, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
Description:
Battleship firing 16 inch naval guns at Iwo Jima, probably the USS West Virginia (BB-48). Official caption:'"Preinvasion bombardment at Iwo Jima. US Navy Photo 122-14." 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.
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IÅ-jima
Latitude:
24.783
Longitude:
141.333
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Warships--American--Iwo Jima
Bombardment--Iwo Jima