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 Marines 5th Division, Red Beach sector at Iwo Jima on D-Day. Marine dead, vehicles and equipment litter the beach. The soft volcanic ash caused equipment to bog down, then the surf would break them up. LSM-202, (Commanded by Lieutenant David Thurlow, US Naval Reserve) beached at left, and LCVP at right is from USS Lowndes (APA-154). LSM-202 later evacuated wounded from the beach before withdrawing on February 26.