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.

National Archives and Records Administration (26-G-4125)