Flamethrowers Used by Marines in Iwo Jima

Marines who served as flamethrowers during the Battle of Iwo Jima were at great risk during the fighting:

A Marine flamethrower operator moves forward to assault a Japanese pillbox on Motoyama Airfield.

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Credits

USMC Photo 111006, from the Introduction to Closing In:  Marines in the Seizure of Iwo Jima, by Col. Joseph H. Alexander, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired).  Part of the Marines in World War II Commemorative Series.