World War II Photograph from Battle of Iwo Jima

World War II Photograph: Through the bow doors of a Coast Guard-manned LST, a duck takes to the water to carry Marines to the flaming shores of Iwo Jima. It is D-Day and the battle for this Pacific “Gibraltar” is mounting in fury.

Through the bow doors of a Coast Guard-manned LST, a duck takes to the water to carry Marines to the flaming shores of Iwo Jima. It is D-Day and the battle for this Pacific “Gibraltar” is mounting in fury.

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