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U.S. Marines from the 24th Marine Regiment, take cover and a break as a Sherman tank named "Bed Bug" rolls pass their position, during the Battle of Iwo Jima, March 1945.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the battle (1945 - 2025).

(Official USMC photo)

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In this February 1945 photo from records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Private Rez Hester of Liberty, NC, tries to get some sleep during a rare moment of calm on #IwoJima as his comrade, "Butch," a Doberman-Pinscher U.S. Marines war dog, stands guard.

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Artwork: "Flag-raising on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Feb. 23, 1945," painted from an Associated Press photo by Joe Rosenthal. Artist: Howard Chandler Christy

Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of DefenseSeries: Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

This item is a pastel drawing based on the famous AP photograph of the flag-raising on Iwo Jima, showing several US Marines raising an American flag together while another armed marine stands guard in the foreground.

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A US Marine helps his comrade with a head injury to go and get some medical attention - Iwo Jima 1945

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First Lieutenant Arthur Carley, 401 Willowood, Dayton, Ohio, found shelter for his platoon near a wrecked Zero by Motoyama Airfield. Iwo Jima. 23 February, 1945

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ENS Jane Kendeigh, 1945

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U.S. Marines blasting out a cave on Hill 382 during the Battle of Iwo Jima, Photo by W. Eugene Smith, 1945

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P-51s, Iwo Jima

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U.S. Marines, Cpl. Harold "Pie" Keller (right), shakes hands with Sgt. Howard Snyder (left), as they stand on the rim of Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima between the first and second flag raisings on February 23, 1945.

Keller, would later be identified in 2019, as one of the men in Joe Rosenthal's famous photo of the second flag raising on top of Mt. Suribachi. Snyder would be killed in action later during the battle.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the battle (1945 - 2025).

(Photo courtesy of Pfc. George Burns, George Burns Collection, U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center).

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Les artilleurs de marine pilonnent les positions japonaises avec un obusier M1 de 155 mm – Bataille d'Iwo Jima – Campagne des archipels Ogasawara et Ryūkyū – Guerre du Pacifique – 1945

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US Marines prepare to raise the American flag for the now iconic photograph - Iwo Jima - 23rd Feb 1945

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WWII Raids Over Japan. P-51 Mustang Next To Mount Fuji, 1945

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UK 1987

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Dusk at the United States Marine Corps War Memorial, also known as the Iwo Jima Memorial. @washingtondcrp-blog