World War II Photograph

Banking gracefully in the wind after taking off from Motayama Airfield on costly-won Iwo Jima, a B-29 is caught in flight by a Coast Guard combat photographer as it speeds over ancient Mount Suribachi. The mighty Superfortress, which is laying waste to Japan’s homeland and holds the unbeatable promise of more devastation to come from Nippon, casts its shadow at the lower left foot of the volcanic mount.