On Iwo Jima's Beaches Amtracs from Coast Guard manned LST's carrying 4th Division Marines poke through the wreckage to crawl up on the blackened sands of Iwo Jima. At right is a shattered Japanese transport, shelled to destruction by the terrific pre-invasion bombardment of U.S. Navy guns. American equipment, caught in a crossfire from hidden Japanese positions, bogged down in the volcanic ash sands, but the alligators were able to creep forward through the destruction. The USNI Photo Library contains additional photographs in black and white on this subject.
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