World War II Photograph

If you live in Albany, New York or Queens, Long Island, perhaps you recognize these Marines which a Coast Guard combat photographer found crouching in a listening post dug in Iwo Jima’s coffee grounds sands. Typically American are the sign posts. Placing Tokyo, their destination, at 700 miles, and home, Albany and Queens, 8,600 miles, which is slightly more than “around the block.”