Keywords: monochrome 80-G-304861: Battle for Iwo Jima, February-March 1945. Illuminating shells fired in from supporting warships light up the dark no man’s land between the Japanese front lines and the lines of the Third Marine Division. The shells were parachuted in from the sea every minute or two as a safeguard against enemy infiltration. Photographed released March 2, 1945. U.S. Navy Photograph now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/01/19). 80-G-304861: Battle for Iwo Jima, February-March 1945. Illuminating shells fired in from supporting warships light up the dark no man’s land between the Japanese front lines and the lines of the Third Marine Division. The shells were parachuted in from the sea every minute or two as a safeguard against enemy infiltration. Photographed released March 2, 1945. U.S. Navy Photograph now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/01/19). |