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THE PAMPLIN COLLECTION: WORLD WAR II
Original photographs of the invasion by the U.S. Marines of Iwo Jima. Photos
taken by Marine and Navy photographers of the battle to capture the island from Japanese defenders so that the island could be used as an airbase to launch attacks on Japan itself. One of
the iconic photographs of WWII was the raising of the American Flag on Mount Suribachi on February
23, 1945, though the photograph so well known was a re-enactment.
