World War II Photograph

The surf gushes into the shattered wreckage of a Marine AMTRAC and a splintered landing boat lying dead on the beach of Iwo Jima. They were hit by the murderous Japanese mortar, shell and machine gun fire that tore from hidden emplacements on the heights of the island fortress. In background, a Coast Guard-manned LST unloads while further off rises the frowning hump of Mount Suribachi.