Keywords: monochrome outdoor 80-G-304828: Battle for Iwo Jima, February-March 1945. Crewmen of LSM as they stuffed their mattresses into a hole blown in the side of their craft off Iwo Jima to keep her afloat long enough to reach the beach. The hose at the right is from a pump, trying to keep abreast of the rising water in the hole. Photograph released February 26, 1945. U.S. Navy Photograph now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/01/19). 80-G-304828: Battle for Iwo Jima, February-March 1945. Crewmen of LSM as they stuffed their mattresses into a hole blown in the side of their craft off Iwo Jima to keep her afloat long enough to reach the beach. The hose at the right is from a pump, trying to keep abreast of the rising water in the hole. Photograph released February 26, 1945. U.S. Navy Photograph now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/01/19). |