US marines digging foxholes on Iwo Jima in Februayr 1945

Gift of Julian Dean, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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US Marines digging foxholes on volcanic beach, using Marsden matting for support; bulldozers and cranes moving wrecked machinery around beach. Official caption:'"Foxholes in the volcanic ash on Iwo Jima beach. Coast Guard Photo 215-8." 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: 
Marines (Military personnel)--Iwo Jima
Foxholes--Iwo Jima
Digging--Iwo Jima