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These two U.S. marine privates, with portable flame-throwing equipment, throw a searing wall of fire into a Japanese-held pillbox which blocked the way to lwo Jima's Mount Suribachi. [incomplete]
These two U.S. marine privates, with portable flame-throwing equipment, throw a searing wall of fire into a Japanese-held pillbox which blocked the way to lwo Jima's Mount Suribachi. [incomplete]

These two U.S. marine privates, with portable flame-throwing equipment, throw a searing wall of fire into a Japanese-held pillbox which blocked the way to lwo Jima's Mount Suribachi. [incomplete]

Date8/25/1945
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Original Toronto Star caption: These two U.S. marine privates; with portable flame-throwing equipment; throw a searing wall of fire into a Jap-held pillbox which blocked the way to lwo Jima's Mount Suribachi. [incomplete]
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0007126F
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