Iwo Jima - Weary Troops Rest Behind Tanks

Tired Marines, fighting at Iwo Jima, still needed to rest.  They took that opportunity when they could:

Weary troops of Company G, 2d Battalion, 24th Marines, rest in a ditch, guarded by a Sherman tank. They are waiting for the tanks to move forward to blast the numerous pillboxes between Motoyama Airfields No. 1 and No. 2.

Credits

USMC photo 109666, featured in Closing In:  Marines in the Seizure of Iwo Jima, by Col. Joseph H. Alexander, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired), at page 35.  Part of the Marines in World War II Commemorative Series.