A group of Beaufighter Mk X aircraft of No. 404 Squadron RCAF in flight near Dallachy, Scotland, United Kingdom, 16-18 Feb 1945Battleship New York bombarding Iwo Jima, 16 Feb 1945; view looked aft, on the starboard sideBodies of victims of the 13-14 Feb 1945 Dresden bombing piled in the Germania statue plaza, circa mid-Feb 1945OS2U Kingfisher aircraft being recovered by battleship USS Texas, off Iwo Jima, at 1700 on 16 Feb 1945; note netting of recovery sled hooked on pontoon’s recovery hook
A group of Beaufighter Mk X aircraft of No. 404 Squadron RCAF in flight near Dallachy, Scotland, United Kingdom, 16-18 Feb 1945Battleship New York bombarding Iwo Jima, 16 Feb 1945; view looked aft, on the starboard sideBodies of victims of the 13-14 Feb 1945 Dresden bombing piled in the Germania statue plaza, circa mid-Feb 1945OS2U Kingfisher aircraft being recovered by battleship USS Texas, off Iwo Jima, at 1700 on 16 Feb 1945; note netting of recovery sled hooked on pontoon’s recovery hook
USS Saint Paul at Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 16 Feb 1945
USS Saint Paul at Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 16 Feb 1945


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US Army Chief of Staff, Gen George Marshall shakes hands with another officer during his tour of the Normandy beachhead, Normandy, France, Jun 12, 1944. Note Gen Eisenhower behind Marshall.

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"Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue."

Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, 16 Mar 1945


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