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Bombs Away at Iwo Jima - Related Files

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	Mount Suribachi - Iwo Jima - February 1945 Smoke rising from Mount Suribachi as it is hit by aircraft bombs and ships' guns on 19 February 1945, probably just before U.S. Marines landed on Iwo Jima. The rocks of Tobiishi Point, at Iwo Jima's southern end, are in the lower left.		10/27/2008	169
	Iwo Jima In March of 1945, the Battle of Iwo Jima was fought between the United States and the Imperial Japan. After Mount Suribachi, a volcano on Iwo Jima, was captured by the Navy, six men raised the Flag of the United States. The Photo of this act became very popular and became the sample for the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia.		07/25/2006	994
	The Island (tower part) of the Aircraft Carrier USS Iwo Jima The Texas Air Museum is home to the bridge and island of the Vietnam era helicopter carrier IWO JIMA (LPH-2) . It rises over 100 feet above the south Texas plain. This carrier was involved with the pickup of the crew of the ill-fated Apollo 13 crew.		09/26/2007	290
	Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima Aerial of Mt. Suribachi from above before the assault on the island.		02/12/2007	838
	LPH-10 USS Tripoli, Mare Island, Vallejo, CA USS Tripoli was the fifth Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship (helicopter). Decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on September 15, 1995, TRIPOLI has since then beeb laid up at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California.		09/20/2005	354
	Iwo Jima Memorial - 3D The Marine Corps War Memorial stands as a symbol of this grateful Nation's esteem for the honored dead of the U.S. Marine Corps. While the statue depicts one of the most famous incidents of World War II, the memorial is dedicated to all Marines who have given their lives in the defense of the United States since 1775. -http://www.nps.gov/archive/gwmp/usmc.htm		10/03/2006	873
	320th BG, Mission 409, Ala Railroad Bridge 10 November 1944 At 12:46 hours, 18 B-26's were over the primary target and dropped 131 x 500 lb demolition bombs and 6 demolition bombs with 6 hour delay fuses from 11600 to 10600 ft.		05/10/2007	281
	Wien bomb strike, 22 March 1945 Mission: #434<br /> Target type: ordnance depot Forty aircraft of the 376th BG, loaded with 38 tons of fragmentation bombs and 35 tons of hundred pound bombs, covered the entire area completely.		10/26/2005	369
	Amstetten bomb strike, 20 March 1945 Mission: #432 Target type: marshalling yard The main target of the 376th BG for the day was St. Valentin, Austria Tank Works. The secondary target was St. Polten, Austria, Marshalling Yard. Of all the bombs dropped, 34% of the bombs from the 512th, 513th, and the 514th were within 1,000 feet of the target at Amstetten. The 515th hit St. Polten. Of the bombs ...		10/26/2005	330
	320th BG, Mission 411, Rovereto Railroad Bridge 11 November 1944 18 B-26's dropped 66 x 1000 lb demolition bombs and 5 x 1000 lb demolition bombs with 6 hour delay fuses on the primary target at 12:05 hours from 11600 to 10600 ft.		05/10/2007	193
	320th BG, Mission 390, Ossenigo Railroad Corniche 4 November 1944 17 B-26's dropped 131 x 500 lb demolition bombs and 6 x 500 lb demolition bombs with 5 hour delay fuses on the primary target at 12:01 hours from 10600 to 9600 ft.		05/09/2007	276
	320th BG, Mission 395, Roverto Railroad Fill 5 November 1944 At 11:33 hours, 15 B-26's dropped 111 x 500 lb demolition bombs and 5 x 500 lb demolition bombs with 6 hour dely fuses over the primary target from an alltitude of 10600 to 9600 ft.		05/09/2007	184