File:Marine Flamethrower Squad Firing on Japanese Defenses, Iwo Jima, February 1945.jpg
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English: “DEVIL’S BREATH ON HELL’S ISLAND--- Two Marine privates hit the deck to throw a scorching inferno at the mighty defenses which blocked the way to Iwo Jima’s Mount Suribachi. They are, (left to right): Private Richard Klatt, of North Fondulac, Wis., and Private First Class Wilfred Voegeli.”
From the Thayer Soule Collection (COLL/2266) at the Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH "80-G-304860: Battle for Iwo Jima, February-March 1945. U.S. Marines advance from the beach on Iwo Jima toward the airstrip which is bitterly contested by the Japanese in hidden caves. Shown: Two Privates throwing fire at the defenses which blocked the way to Mount Suribachi. Left to right: Private Richard Klatt and Private Wilfred Voageli. Photographed February 19, 1945. U.S. Navy Photograph now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/01/19)." |
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