The Allies' objective, in fighting the Battle of Iwo Jima, was to secure a base not far from Tokyo from which to launch air attacks on the Japanese home islands.
After a long, grueling and deadly battle, the U.S. achieved that objective. These P-51 aircraft, in position at Iwo Jima, were used in the final stages of the War in the Pacific.
Credits
Image (at page 585) from Chapter 19 - "Iwo Jima" - of The Pacific: Matterhorn to Nagasaki, June 1944 to August 1945. The work is Volume Five, of The Army Air Forces in World War II.
