World War II Photograph

Across the litter on Iwo Jima’s black sands, Marines of the 4th Division shell Japanese positions cleverly concealed back from the beaches. Coming ashore in Coast Guard-manned and Navy landing craft, Marines seized a foothold under murderous crossfire and soon had set up artillery to reply to enemy fire. Here, a gun pumps a stream of shells into Japanese positions inland on the tiny volcanic island in Tokyo’s “Front Yard.”