World War II Photograph

From the crest of Mount Suribachi, the Stars and Stripes wave in triumph over Iwo Jima after U.S. Marines had fought their way inch by inch up its steep lava-encrusted slopes, wiping out Japanese contesting their climb from caves guarded by pillboxes. Below stretches the beach, called Futatsune, where Coast Guard-manned and Navy LST’s pour forth men and armaments to carry the battle for Iwo to its northern edges.