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"Marines of the 5th Division inch their way up a slope on Red Beach No. 1 toward Surbachi Yama as the smoke of the battle drifts about them. Dreyfuss, Iwo Jima, February 19, 1945." |
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"With an officer giving them pointers from a giant map, pilots of an American P-51 Mustang fighter-bomber group learn their 'target for today' during a briefing in a base camp in Italy. Both the map and the briefing chart (right) indicate another objective in Germany will soon be on the receiving end of their bullets and bombs. The men are members of the 15th U.S. Army Air Force, whose planes fly as part of the Mediterranean Allied Air Force." |
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"Across the litter on Iwo Jima's black sands, Marines of the 4th Division shell Jap positions cleverly concelaed back from the beaches. Here, a gun pumps a stream of shells into Jap positions inland on the tiny volcanic island. Ca. February 1945." |
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"Fliers of a P-51 Mustang Group of the 15th AIr Force in Italy 'shoot the breeze' in the shadow of one of the Mustangs they fly. Left to right: Lt. Dempsey W. Morgan, Jr., Lt. Carroll S. Woods; Lt. Robert H. Nelson, Jr., Capt. Andrew D. Turner; and Lt. Clarence P. Lester." |
