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The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Navy (USN) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II.
“PHOTOGS ON IWO----Left, Sergeant W. A. Genaust, of St. Paul, Minn., and Corporal Atlee S. Tracy, of Chicago, Ill.., movie photographers of the Marines, taking a rest and smoke in their temporary home on Iwo Jima.” "One of the many dugouts we took over."
On February 23, 1945 Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal captured perhaps the most memorable image of World War II.
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U.S. Marine cinematographers Bill Genaust (left) and Atlee S. Tracy on Iwo Jima (February 24, 1945) Portion of Genaust's footage of the second flag-raising on Iwo Jima used in the 1945 film To the Shores of Iwo Jima Genaust (left, with motion picture camera) and Joe Rosenthal capturing what became known as the "Gung Ho" image of the Marines ...
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima: 23 February 1945 Joe Rosenthal: Iwo Jima, Japan Large format The photograph depicts the raising of the U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. [46] [s 1] [s 2] [s 3] [s 4] [s 6] Buchenwald: 15 April 1945 Margaret Bourke-White Ettersberg, Germany [s 2] Inside Buchenwald: 16 April 1945 Private H ...
English: “STILL THERE---Even after the preparatory naval bombardment reduced this reinforced concrete pillbox of the Japs to rubble, when the Marines landed on Iwo Jima they had to finish the crew at close range in the fighting on D-Day.”