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Jap mines on Iwo Jima | |
Major John W. Antonelli of the 2nd Battalion, 27th Marine Reg., 5th Marine Div. on Iwo Jima |
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Lt. Richard A. Tilghman and other marines, including Billy Charles Menges, of Co. F., 27th Marine Reb., 5th Marine Div. on Iwo Jima. Mr. Mengus tell the story of how the photographer snapped this candid shot and the Marines all dived for cover fearing the snap of the camera was a Jap grenade. | |
Billy Charles Menges, Corporal during WW II, later Lieutenant durinig Korea, and retiring as Lieutenant Colonel |