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ww2db.com Featured Image, #5

The P-51…lots of interest here lately, given the air show tragedy at Oshkosh.   Reviewing the archive over at the ww2db.com preparing for this entry, there were a few notable pictures, but none as artistic looking as this, with the framing (man on right directing the aircraft as it prepares to take off).
The caption there reads [...]

Iwo Jima

Found this on ww2db.com today.
http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=2686
It’s a period map of Iwo Jima. The caption reads:
“Contour map of Iwo Jima, showing Japanese defense installations as observed from ground study during the period of 19 Feb-19 Mar 1945.”
The number of legend marks is pretty astounding.