127-GW-319-114883: Iwo Jima Operations, Feb-March 1945. Private First Class Edward M. Denellis shown with the flag he carried throughout the campaign to finally place it here atop of a hill during the closing moments of battle, possibly Hill 165. Photographed by Campbell, March 17, 1945. U.S. Marine
Photograph by National Museum of the U.S. Navy
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Navy (USN) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II. The American invasion, designated Operation Detachment, had the goal of capturing the island with its two airfields: South Field and Central Field.
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