RARE Original 1945 TYPE ONE WWII Battle of Iwo Jima Suribachi Press Photograph For Sale

Comes with a hand-signed C.O.A.

Size: 8 x 11 inches

This extremely rare and original TYPE ONE World War II press photograph of the Battle of Iwo Jima shows a pre-invasion aerial photographic image taken from the U.S. plane pre D-Day landing on Iwo Jima. This type one photograph was saved and printed during the invasion to give the public a better image of Iwo Jima and the U.S. Marine Corps progress on the island following their capture of Suribachi and the airfields.

The Battle of Iwo Jima was an epic military campaign between U.S. Marines and the Imperial Army of Japan in early 1945. Located 750 miles off the coast of Japan, the island of Iwo Jima had three airfields that could serve as a staging facility for a potential invasion of mainland Japan. American forces invaded the island on February 19, 1945, and the ensuing Battle of Iwo Jima lasted for five weeks. In some of the bloodiest fighting of World War II.