LSM-202 at Red Beach

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Caption: 
LSM-202, (Commanded by Lieutenant David Thurlow, US Naval Reserve) beached on Red Beach in the 5th Division sector at Iwo Jima on D-Day. Marine dead, vehicles and equipment litter the beach. The soft volcanic ash caused equipment to bog down, then the surf would break them up. The LCVP at right is from USS Lowndes (APA-154). LSM-202 later evacuated wounded from the beach before withdrawing on February 26.
Caption Written By: 
Jason McDonald
Photographed By: 
Hulstay
Photographer's Rank or Affiliation: 
Sargeant, 5th Marine Division,
Archive: 
United States Marine Corps
Date Photographed: 
Monday, February 19, 1945
City: 
Iwo Jima
State/Province/Oblast: 
Bonins
Country: 
United States
Copyright Notice: 
Caption ©2007 MFA Productions LLC Image in the Public Domain

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