A U. S. Marine is buried in the waters off the shore of Iwo Jima in February 1945
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U.S. Navy Official photograph, Gift of Charles Ives, from the Collection of The National World War II Museum
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552.Photograph 'C.G. 48285 February, 1945 Sea burial for Marine killed on Iwo Jima The flag-draped body of a U. S. Marine, killed during the invasion of Iwo Jima, is buried in the waters off the shore of the invasion island, from the deck of a Coast Guard-manned attack transport. The Marine guard, still in battle gear, stands at 'parade rest' during the burial which took place just as night fell.' February 1945
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The Charles Ives Collection consists of 719 photographs from the Pacific Theater of WWII. Many of the photographs were taken between 1944 and 1945. Mr. Ives inherited the photographs from a friend from Marblehead, Massachusetts who served as an aviator in the Army Air Corps and discharged as a Major in 1945.
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IÅ-jima
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24.783
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141.333
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Burials at sea
Dead persons--Iwo Jima
Soldiers--American--Iwo Jima
Funeral rites & ceremonies--Iwo Jima