VERY RARE! WW2 US MARINE CORPS OFFICIAL ID'd + DATED IWO JIMA BEACH HEAD PHOTO

WW2 US MARINE CORPS OFFICIAL ID'd + DATED IWO JIMA BEACH HEAD PHOTO. US MARINE CORPS OFFICIAL (CODE) ID'd + (DAY) DATED IWO JIMA PHOTOGRAPH. THREE MARINES IN A JEEP DRIVE ON PREFABRICATED MOBILE TRACTION PLATES IN THE BLACK SAND OF IWO JIMA'S (RED BEACH 1).

THE MARINE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT SITS WITH HIS M1 CARBINE RIFLE, AS THEY DRIVE UP FROM THE LANDING BEACH TOWARDS THE FRONT LINES. THE LANDING BEACH SWIRLS WITH ACTIVITY AND SUPPLIES DESTINED FOR THE BATTLE ON FEBRUARY 27,1945. OFFSHORE A FLOTILLA OF U.

RED BEACH 1 (MISTYPED AS BEADH). TYPED USMC IDENTIFIED ON THE UPPER REVERSE LEFT CORNER. DIMENSIONS: 8 3/16" x 9 15/16".

VERY SHARP FOCUS WITH VERY GOOD CONTRAST. THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS NOT A REPRODUCTION OR A COPY. 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.