Lt. General Holland Smith, Commander of the Invasion
Lt. General Holland Smith, Commander of the Invasion, and Col. Dudley Brown on Iwo Jima. They had not planned for the soft volcanic sands of the beach to trap Marine vehicles for easy destruction by Japanese guns. Ca. Feb. 19-March 16, 1945. World War 2. (BSLOC_2013_13_58)
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11001049
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45255767
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Credit
Everett Collection / Mary Evans
Source
Everett Collection
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