RARE WW2 US MARINE CORPS OFFICIAL ID'd + DATED IWO JIMA "LCM DIFFICULTY" PHOTO for Sale

RARE WW2 US MARINE CORPS OFFICIAL ID'd + DATED IWO JIMA "LCM DIFFICULTY" PHOTO For Sale

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RARE WW2 US MARINE CORPS OFFICIAL ID'd + DATED IWO JIMA "LCM DIFFICULTY" PHOTO:
$150.00

ORIGINAL!RARE! WW2 US MARINE CORPS OFFICIAL ID'd + DATED IWO JIMA "LCM DIFFICULTY" PHOTO
ORIGINAL! RARE! US MARINE CORPS OFFICIAL (CODE) ID'd + (DAY) DATED IWO JIMA HAND TYPED CAPTIONED PHOTOGRAPH.
DURING THE BATTLE OF IWO JIMA WITH PART OF THE U.S. PACIFIC FLEET IN THE DISTANCE ON IWO JIMA'S (PURPLE BEACH) LCM (LANDING CRAFT MECHANIZED) CREW MEMBERS PERFORM MANEUVERS TO CORRECT DIFFICULTY'S DURING THE UNLOADING OF VEHICLES ON THE BEACH FOR THE MARINES (MARCH 8,1945).
PERIOD HAND TYPED ID'd : DATE, LOCATION AND CAPTION ON THE UPPER REVERSE LEFT CORNER:

PURPLE BEACH- LCM in difficulty

D plus 16

Iwo Jima

3/8/45

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LARGE OFFICIAL U.S. MARINE CORPS PHOTO.
DIMENSIONS: 8 1/8" x 9 15/16"
VERY SHARP FOCUS WITH VERY GOOD CONTRAST.
CONDITION IS EXTREMELY FINE FOR ITS 78+ YEARS WITH SOME VERY LIGHT HANDLING AND PERIOD ALBUM RESIDUE SPOTS ON THE REVERSE CORNERS.
(please see pictures)
THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS NOT A REPRODUCTION OR A COPY.
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*The Battle of Iwo Jima was an epic military campaign between U.S. Marines and the Imperial Army of Japan in early 1945. Located 750 miles off the coast of Japan, the island of Iwo Jima had three airfields that could serve as a staging facility for a potential invasion of mainland Japan. American forces invaded the island on February 19, 1945, and the ensuing Battle of Iwo Jima lasted for five weeks. In some of the bloodiest fighting of World War II, it’s believed that all but 200 or so of the 21,000 Japanese forces on the island were killed, as were almost 7,000 Marines. But once the fighting was over, the strategic value of Iwo Jima was called into question.