US Marine Corps Landing Vehicles Approach Iwo Jima, February 1945

"At 08:59, one minute ahead of schedule, the first of an eventual 30,000 Marines of the 3rd Marine Division, the 4th Marine Division, and the new 5th Marine Division, making up the V Amphibious Corps, landed on the beach. The initial wave did not come under Japanese fire for some time, as General Kuribayashi's plan was to wait until the beach was full of the Marines and their equipment."

Taken on 1945-02-19
Source National Parks Service/Wikipedia
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