World War II Photograph from Battle of Iwo Jima

World War II Photograph: Dead Japanese lie twisted grotesquely in the volcanic dust of Iwo Jima. In a shell hole gouged on the ashy slopes below Mount Suribachi. Off shore, thickly massed, is the irresistible striking force of America’s amphibious invaders. An imposing array of Navy ships, coast Guard-manned LST’s and smaller landing craft. It was in a futile attempt to block this formidable attacking power that these Japanese died on Iwo, the tiny spot called “Sulphur Island.”

Dead Japanese lie twisted grotesquely in the volcanic dust of Iwo Jima. In a shell hole gouged on the ashy slopes below Mount Suribachi. Off shore, thickly massed, is the irresistible striking force of America’s amphibious invaders. An imposing array of Navy ships, coast Guard-manned LST’s and smaller landing craft. It was in a futile attempt to block this formidable attacking power that these Japanese died on Iwo, the tiny spot called “Sulphur Island.”

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