World War II Photograph from Battle of Iwo Jima

World War II Photograph: Rounded up in the bitter fighting off Iwo Jima. The first Japanese prisoners of that operation are taken aboard a Coast Guard-manned invasion transport. Few Japanese on Iwo Jima were captured as the sons of Nippon fought with fanatical fury to hold the volcanic island fortress against the tremendous striking power of the American forces.

Rounded up in the bitter fighting off Iwo Jima. The first Japanese prisoners of that operation are taken aboard a Coast Guard-manned invasion transport. Few Japanese on Iwo Jima were captured as the sons of Nippon fought with fanatical fury to hold the volcanic island fortress against the tremendous striking power of the American forces.

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