World War II Photograph

Wounded when Japanese fire made a direct hit on an AMTRAC, a Marine is transferred by Coast Guardmen to a landing boat off theflaming shore of Iwo Jima on D-Day. After darting in with boatloads of Marines, Coast Guard-manned landing craft ran back to sea with casualties to LSTs. Especially fitted as temporary hospital ships. Intense enemy fire exacted a heavy toll as the beachhead was established on the Volcanic Island Fortress only 750 miles from Tokyo.