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Iwo Jima Snipers - Hiding Behind Ruined Planes

As Marine flamethrowers advance toward an airfield, they are at great risk from hidden snipers:

Marines advance warily on Airfield No. 1 towards wrecked Japanese planes in which enemy snipers are suspected of hiding. The assault quickly moved on.

Credits

Photo from the Marine Corps Historical Collection, featured in Closing In:  Marines in the Seizure of Iwo Jima, by Col. Joseph H. Alexander, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired), at page 23.  Part of the Marines in World War II Commemorative Series.