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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign |
Campaign and Dates |
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Iwo Jima operation
Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 16 March 1945 |
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77k | USS LSM-266 off the port bow of USS Texas (BB-35)
during the landings at Iwo Jima, February 1945. Photo was taken from USS Nevada (BB-36).
US National Archives photo # 80-G-303866 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
82k | USS LSM-266 beached on Green Beach at Iwo Jima, February 1945. US National Archives photo # 80-G-318047 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
132k | USS LSM-266 beached at the base of Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945. Japanese snipers on Mount Surbachi had wounded
drivers of the equipment disembarking. US Marine Corps photo. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
57k | USS LSM-266 and LSM-261 beached at Iwo Jima, 15 February 1945. | James Tusing | ||
70k | USS LSM-266 underway in San Francisco Bay, 1945-46.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 79861, courtesy D.M. McPherson, 1974. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association |
Commanding Officers | ||
01 | LTjg. Rutledge, Walter H., USNR | 29 July 1944 - December 1945 |
02 | LT. Blevins, Delmar Edge, USN | December 1945 - 13 June 1946 |
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