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Iwo Jima Airfield
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Iwo Jima Airfield #1, as it appeared nine days after the initial assault. On the runway is a C-47 transport plane, the military equivalent of the DC-3. This image is one of many of the long battle for Iwo Jima taken by Milwaukee photographer Dickey Chapelle.
February 1945
Chapelle, Dickey, 1919-1965
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Iwo Jima Airfield
February 1945
Airfield #1, Iwo Jima, with Mt Surabachi in the distance. This image is one of many taken by Milwaukee photographer Dickey Chapelle during the assault on Iwo Jima. She was present within nine day...
Iwo Jima Medical Facilities
March 1945
Medical facilities, Iwo Jima plus nine. This image is one of many taken by Milwaukee photographer Dickey Chapelle in the aftermath of the landing at Iwo Jima.
Flight Nurse and Wounded
March 1945
At Iwo Jima Airfield #1 Gwen Jensen, a flight nurse, talks with wounded Marines who are about to be evacuated by airplane. Mount Surabachi, from which the U.S. flag was first flown ten days before,...
Loading Wounded onto Ship
February 1945
Wounded soldiers are being loaded onto a hospital ship in Iwo Jima.
C-47 Returns
March 1945
A C-47 bomber returns to North Airfield, Guam. This airfield had been operational only since early February. This image is one of many taken by Milwaukee photographer Dickey Chapelle during the fin...
No. 2 Airfield D, Iwo Jima
May 1945
View of a soldier seated on rocky ground looking off to the left. Behind him and to the right a row of soldiers are behind sandbags, and behind them are a row of tanks. On the far right is a jeep, ...
