Flamethrowers - Marines Attack Iwo Jima Caves

Flamethrowers continued to work hard, and at considerable peril, throughout the Battle for Iwo Jima:

The fighting continues and continues. For weary flamethrower operators Pvt Richard Klatt, left, and PFC Wilfred Voegeli the campaign is just one cave after another.

Credits

USMC photo 110599, featured in Closing In:  Marines in the Seizure of Iwo Jima, by Col. Joseph H. Alexander, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired), at page 48.  Part of the Marines in World War II Commemorative Series.