Keywords: Iwo Jima landing color USN.jpg Iwo Jima Operation 1945 Amphibious tractors LVT head for landing beaches on Iwo Jima circa 19 February 1945 Note explosions with much smoke and dust ashore Mount Suribachi is at left Original caption Photo NH 104317-KN Amphibious tractors approaching Iwo Jima February 1945 http //www history navy mil/photos/images/i04000/i04317kc htm US Naval Historical Center Photo NH 104317-KN color circa 1945-02-19 Original 35mm Kodachrome transparency photographed by Lieutenant Howard W Whalen USNR Boat Group Commander USS Sanborn APA-193 PD-USGov-Military-Navy Battle of Iwo Jima World War II color photographs of the Pacific War |