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“LCI Gunner Dead at His Post” a tragic moment during the Battle of Iwo Jima, 27th February, 1945. (Watermarks do not appear on the actual photograph.)
“LCI Gunner Dead at His Post” a tragic moment during the Battle of Iwo Jima, 27th February, 1945. (Watermarks do not appear on the actual photograph.)
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“LCI Gunner Dead at His Post” a tragic moment during the Battle of Iwo Jima, 27th February, 1945. (Watermarks do not appear on the actual photograph.)
“LCI Gunner Dead at His Post” a tragic moment during the Battle of Iwo Jima, 27th February, 1945. (Watermarks do not appear on the actual photograph.)
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“LCI Gunner Dead at His Post” a tragic moment during the Battle of Iwo Jima, 27th February, 1945
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“LCI Gunner Dead at His Post” a tragic moment during the Battle of Iwo Jima, 27th February, 1945
“LCI Gunner Dead at His Post” a tragic moment during the Battle of Iwo Jima, 27th February, 1945
U.S. Navy
“LCI Gunner Dead at His Post” A Tragic Moment During the Battle of Iwo Jima, 27th February, 1945, 1945
Original vintage wirephoto
9 1/4 x 7 3/8 in
23.4 x 18.8 cm
23.4 x 18.8 cm
AP Wirephoto from U.S. Navy. Feb 28, 1945
PH8270
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LCI(G) 449 alongside Terror CM 5 at Iwo Jima on 17 February 1945. A dead American gunner, killed when enemy fire found his landing craft as it headed in to...
LCI(G) 449 alongside Terror CM 5 at Iwo Jima on 17 February 1945. A dead American gunner, killed when enemy fire found his landing craft as it headed in to the landing on Iwo Jima beach, sits slumped at his post. Another of the gun crew lies dead in foreground while a third, only injured lays to right, as another ship Terror CM5 puts alongside to give aid.
LCI(G) 449 commanding officer, Lieutenant Rufus G. Herring, was awarded the Medal of Honor and the ship was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation. Casualties are evident in the photograph.This scenario describes the extreme danger faced by troops during the initial assault on the island. The landing on Iwo Jima was notoriously brutal, with intense enemy fire from well-fortified Japanese positions.
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