Distant view of a kamikaze crashing into the ocean near Iwo Jima in February 1945

Gift of Julian Dean, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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View from deck of US Navy vessel, far away in background a Japanese kamikaze in crashing into ocean near the horizon. Official caption:'"Scratch one kamikaze off Iwo. US Navy Photo 122-18." 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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Iō-jima
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24.783
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141.333
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Warships--American--Iwo Jima