RARE! WW2 US MARINE CORPS OFFICIAL ID'd + DATED IWO JIMA MARINES + LVT's PHOTO

WW2 US MARINE CORPS OFFICIAL ID'd + DATED IWO JIMA MARINES + LVT's PHOTO. US MARINE CORPS OFFICIAL (CODE) ID'd + (DAY) DATED. (THE DAY THE INVASION STARTED ON FEBRUARY 19 PLUS 8 DAYS). DURING THE BATTLE OF IWO JIMA AT (GREEN 1 BEACH) MARINES MOVE TO THE FRONT LINES AND. " LVT " FERRY SUPPLIES AND PERSONNEL TO THE ISLAND AND REMOVE CASUALTIES ON FEBRUARY 28,1945. HAND WRITTEN USMC IDENTIFIED ON THE UPPER REVERSE LEFT CORNER. DIMENSIONS: 8 1/8" x 9 7/8". VERY SHARP FOCUS WITH VERY GOOD CONTRAST. THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS NOT A REPRODUCTION OR A COPY. Is an amphibious warfare vehicle and amphibious landing craft, introduced by the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. The USN and USMC use "L" to designate Amphibious vessels, also called "L class".

The Battle of Iwo Jima was an epic military campaign between U. Marines and the Imperial Army of Japan in early 1945. Located 750 miles off the coast of Japan, the island of Iwo Jima had three airfields that could serve as a staging facility for a potential invasion of mainland Japan. American forces invaded the island on February 19, 1945, and the ensuing Battle of Iwo Jima lasted for five weeks.

In some of the bloodiest fighting of World War II, it's believed that all but 200 or so of the 21,000 Japanese forces on the island were killed, as were almost 7,000 Marines. But once the fighting was over, the strategic value of Iwo Jima was called into question.