Carrier-based Planes Give Marines Ground Support

As U.S. Marines fought on the ground, U.S. Navy planes above Iwo Jima aid the attack:

CARRIER PLANES ATTACKING ground targets in support of the Marines. Aircraft from escort carriers provided aggressive air support until 11 March when Iwo-based Army P-51's took over.

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Credits

US Navy photo, from Iwo Jima:  Amphibious Epic, United States Marine Corps Historical Monograph, by Lt. Col. Whitman S. Bartley, USMC.

Image located in Chapter V - "Into the Main Defenses (D+1 - D=5)," at page 84.