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Iwo Jima - A Hard Won Haven by John D Shaw.
Only 660 miles from Tokyo, the small volcanic island of Iwo Jima was recognized as early as 1943 as being a vital location to secure an airbase for allied aircraft, in order to achieve victory in the Pacific. Forseeing this goal, the Japanese began extensive fortifications early, preparing for the eventual onslaught. Within Iwo Jimas myriad tunnels, both underground and within the extinct volcano known as mt Suribachi, enemy forces were able to remain virtually unscathed during the 72 day heavy bombardment in late 1944, which preceded the American landings. In mid Ferbuary 1945, the invasion landing forces arrived, and so began one of the bloodiest and most bitter battles of World War II. Over the course of the next 36 days, the United States Marine Corps would experience many of its most horrific hours, but certainly their finest as well. Marine photographer Joe Rosenthals shot of Old Glory being hoisted aloft atop Suribachi came to be recognized as possibly the most famous phot.........
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| | Item Code : DHM2634 | Iwo Jima - A Hard Won Haven by John D Shaw. - Editions Available | |
| | DESCRIPTION | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | PRICE | PURCHASING | PACKS | | Signed limited edition of 500 prints. | Paper size 31.5 inches x 16.5 inches (80cm x 42cm) |
Brintzenhofe, Vernard W | | Vernard Leroy Brintzenhofe USMC (deceased) |
| Vern was born in Struthers, Ohio in 1925 and joined the Marines in 1942. After constructing airfields on Samoa and New Caledonia, he survived the battle of the Coral Sea aboard ship before landing at Guadalcanal in mid 1942. There, he experienced numerous air raids while building four airstrips at Henderson Field. Vern participated in the invasion of Saipan and went on to Iwo Jima. During the 3rd day at Iwo, he was wounded by mortar fire and evacuated to the hospital at Pearl Harbor. From t |
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Chaffin, Clair C | | A native of Jackson, Michigan, Clair Chaffin joined the Navy after the 10th grade after losing his two older brothers in the war. After his training as a Corpsman, he served at North Island Naval Air Station in San Diego, and was subsequently assigned with the Marine Corps, where he earned a black belt in the martial arts. Clair participated in the invasions of Roi Namur, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. He was awarded the Silver Star. After active duty, he majored in Building Construction, and |
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Colby, Jack L | | Jack joined the Marine Corps almost exactly a year following the attack on Pearl Harbor, and was trained as a Field Telephone and Message Center operator. He participated in many major Marine campaigns in the Pacific, including the invasions of Roi-Namur in the Marshall Islands, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. After his active duty service, Jack utilized his technical communications training from the Marine Corps and began a 39 year carerr with the Washington DC and Virginian Telephone Companies. |
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Earle, Roy | | A native of Bloomfield, New Jersey, Roy enlisted in the Marine Corps in late 1942 and soon completed Telephone school training, after which he was assigned as a Field Lineman and Switchboard operator. When his assignment with the 23rd Marines was split to form the 25th, he was transferred to the Pioneers Company, after which he was transferred to a new unit, the Joint Assault Signal Company. He made landings on Roi-Namur, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. In civilian life, he received several degr |
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Hink, Harry D | | Harry Hinks 28 year military career began during the height of World War Two. After completing training, in 1943 he flew his first of 28 combat missions in heavy bombers against Japan, attached to the 39th Bomb Group. He vividly recalls Iwo Jima, not only as a navigational checkpoint to and from bombing missions over the Japanese islands, but also found it to be a safe haven personally on three separate occasions, when he and his crew made emergency landings in their B29. In April 1945, he wa |
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Hatch, Norman T | | A gold Oscar statue bears a Marines name in Quantico. Norm Hatch joined the Marines in 1939 and served a total of 41 years in active and reserve service. As a Combat Cinematographer, he participated in the battles of Tarawa and Iwo Jima and the occupation of Japan in Nagasaki in 1945. In 1944, he was awarded an Academy Award for the Most Outstanding Documentary Short entitaled With the Marines at Tarawa. Over his 64 year career in the photographic, motion picture and public information field |
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Ing, Herb | | Herb enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1939. In 1941 he served aboard the USS Wyoming and USS South Dakota. In 1943, he was assigned to L Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Division and participated in amphibious operations including the Marshall Islands, Saipan and Iwo Jima. Serving for over 30 years in the Marine Corps, Herb is a veteran of three wars; World War Two, Korea and the Vietnam War. Herb held many positions, including Instructor, Platoon Commander, Operations Officer and Commandin |
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Jacobs, Raymond | | Ray Jacobs joined the Marines in May 1943 in Los Angeles, CA, at the age of 17. After boot camp in San Diego, he was trained as a radio operator and assigned to the Raider Training Battalion, F/2/8. During Iwo Jima operations, on February 23rd 1945, he was temporarily assigned to Company E, 2nd Company, 28th Marines, on the combat patrol which secured the top of Mount Suribachi. Ray Jacobs appears in Lou Lowerys photo of the first flag raising as a radioman. At the time of writing, he is one |
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Koellein, Henry | | Henry was born in Maryland in 1926, and enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1943. After finishing boot camp in June 1944, he was later assigned to the 4th Marine Division. As a member of the 2nd Platoon, India Company, 25th Marines, Henry landed on Iwo Jima in the 1st wave on February 19th 1945 as a flame thrower operator. He was seriously wounded and was hospitalized for six months. He was discharged from the Marines in 1946 as a Private 1st Class. During his civilian life, he has been affilia |
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Thompson, Grover E | | Grover Thompson was born on 25th June in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and joined the Marine Corps in November 1942. After boot camp he was assigned to the 4th Signal Company. He served in the Pacific area for 21 months, during which time he participated in the invasions of Roi-Namur, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. Remarkably, Grover was never injured, and was honorably discharged on 27th November 1945 as a Private 1st Class. As a civilian, he owned and operated a successful restaurant in Gettysbu |
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OBrien, Cyril | | Cy OBrien grew up in Camden, New Jersey and attended State University in Philadelphia, PA. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in July 1942 immediately after high school. After boot camp, he was assigned overseas and participated as an infantryman in the battle of Bougainville in November 1943. He later joined the ranks of Combat Correspondents on Guadalcanal in time for the invasion of Guam, where he was assigned to the 3rd Marine Div, and on Iwo Jima with the 9th Marine Regiment. At the wars e |
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Ward, Gordon | | Gordon Ward was born in Watertown, New York in 1923. He joined the Marine Corps in June of 1941 and served until his honorable discharge in March 1946. On February 19th, 1945, Gordon was on the 1st wave at Iwo Jima. He recalls, as historic photos confirm, that the only vessel on the beach at that time was a Japanese ship. He vividly remembers the vessels smoke stack and southern side being riddled profusely with bullet holes as a result of US aircraft and naval attack ships. After the war, |
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Weller, Robert | | Shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Bob Weiler enlisted in the Army, seving in field artillery and the newly formed Tank Destroyer Forces. In September 1943 he began flight training in the Army Air Corps as an aerial gunner, first on B-17s, and eventually as an electrical specialist gunner aboard the new B-29 Superfortresses. Stationed on Guam, he flew many 3000 mile combat missions of 18 hours per flight against the Japanese home islands. On his 14th mission, to Osaka, his plane was ba |
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+ Artist : John D Shaw | £40 Off! | Now : £260.00 | | | | Limited edition of 100 artist proofs. | Paper size 31.5 inches x 16.5 inches (80cm x 42cm) |
Brintzenhofe, Vernard W | | Vernard Leroy Brintzenhofe USMC (deceased) |
| Vern was born in Struthers, Ohio in 1925 and joined the Marines in 1942. After constructing airfields on Samoa and New Caledonia, he survived the battle of the Coral Sea aboard ship before landing at Guadalcanal in mid 1942. There, he experienced numerous air raids while building four airstrips at Henderson Field. Vern participated in the invasion of Saipan and went on to Iwo Jima. During the 3rd day at Iwo, he was wounded by mortar fire and evacuated to the hospital at Pearl Harbor. From t |
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Chaffin, Clair C | | A native of Jackson, Michigan, Clair Chaffin joined the Navy after the 10th grade after losing his two older brothers in the war. After his training as a Corpsman, he served at North Island Naval Air Station in San Diego, and was subsequently assigned with the Marine Corps, where he earned a black belt in the martial arts. Clair participated in the invasions of Roi Namur, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. He was awarded the Silver Star. After active duty, he majored in Building Construction, and |
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Colby, Jack L | | Jack joined the Marine Corps almost exactly a year following the attack on Pearl Harbor, and was trained as a Field Telephone and Message Center operator. He participated in many major Marine campaigns in the Pacific, including the invasions of Roi-Namur in the Marshall Islands, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. After his active duty service, Jack utilized his technical communications training from the Marine Corps and began a 39 year carerr with the Washington DC and Virginian Telephone Companies. |
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Earle, Roy | | A native of Bloomfield, New Jersey, Roy enlisted in the Marine Corps in late 1942 and soon completed Telephone school training, after which he was assigned as a Field Lineman and Switchboard operator. When his assignment with the 23rd Marines was split to form the 25th, he was transferred to the Pioneers Company, after which he was transferred to a new unit, the Joint Assault Signal Company. He made landings on Roi-Namur, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. In civilian life, he received several degr |
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Hink, Harry D | | Harry Hinks 28 year military career began during the height of World War Two. After completing training, in 1943 he flew his first of 28 combat missions in heavy bombers against Japan, attached to the 39th Bomb Group. He vividly recalls Iwo Jima, not only as a navigational checkpoint to and from bombing missions over the Japanese islands, but also found it to be a safe haven personally on three separate occasions, when he and his crew made emergency landings in their B29. In April 1945, he wa |
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Hatch, Norman T | | A gold Oscar statue bears a Marines name in Quantico. Norm Hatch joined the Marines in 1939 and served a total of 41 years in active and reserve service. As a Combat Cinematographer, he participated in the battles of Tarawa and Iwo Jima and the occupation of Japan in Nagasaki in 1945. In 1944, he was awarded an Academy Award for the Most Outstanding Documentary Short entitaled With the Marines at Tarawa. Over his 64 year career in the photographic, motion picture and public information field |
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Ing, Herb | | Herb enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1939. In 1941 he served aboard the USS Wyoming and USS South Dakota. In 1943, he was assigned to L Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Division and participated in amphibious operations including the Marshall Islands, Saipan and Iwo Jima. Serving for over 30 years in the Marine Corps, Herb is a veteran of three wars; World War Two, Korea and the Vietnam War. Herb held many positions, including Instructor, Platoon Commander, Operations Officer and Commandin |
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Jacobs, Raymond | | Ray Jacobs joined the Marines in May 1943 in Los Angeles, CA, at the age of 17. After boot camp in San Diego, he was trained as a radio operator and assigned to the Raider Training Battalion, F/2/8. During Iwo Jima operations, on February 23rd 1945, he was temporarily assigned to Company E, 2nd Company, 28th Marines, on the combat patrol which secured the top of Mount Suribachi. Ray Jacobs appears in Lou Lowerys photo of the first flag raising as a radioman. At the time of writing, he is one |
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Koellein, Henry | | Henry was born in Maryland in 1926, and enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1943. After finishing boot camp in June 1944, he was later assigned to the 4th Marine Division. As a member of the 2nd Platoon, India Company, 25th Marines, Henry landed on Iwo Jima in the 1st wave on February 19th 1945 as a flame thrower operator. He was seriously wounded and was hospitalized for six months. He was discharged from the Marines in 1946 as a Private 1st Class. During his civilian life, he has been affilia |
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Thompson, Grover E | | Grover Thompson was born on 25th June in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and joined the Marine Corps in November 1942. After boot camp he was assigned to the 4th Signal Company. He served in the Pacific area for 21 months, during which time he participated in the invasions of Roi-Namur, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. Remarkably, Grover was never injured, and was honorably discharged on 27th November 1945 as a Private 1st Class. As a civilian, he owned and operated a successful restaurant in Gettysbu |
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OBrien, Cyril | | Cy OBrien grew up in Camden, New Jersey and attended State University in Philadelphia, PA. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in July 1942 immediately after high school. After boot camp, he was assigned overseas and participated as an infantryman in the battle of Bougainville in November 1943. He later joined the ranks of Combat Correspondents on Guadalcanal in time for the invasion of Guam, where he was assigned to the 3rd Marine Div, and on Iwo Jima with the 9th Marine Regiment. At the wars e |
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Ward, Gordon | | Gordon Ward was born in Watertown, New York in 1923. He joined the Marine Corps in June of 1941 and served until his honorable discharge in March 1946. On February 19th, 1945, Gordon was on the 1st wave at Iwo Jima. He recalls, as historic photos confirm, that the only vessel on the beach at that time was a Japanese ship. He vividly remembers the vessels smoke stack and southern side being riddled profusely with bullet holes as a result of US aircraft and naval attack ships. After the war, |
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Weller, Robert | | Shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Bob Weiler enlisted in the Army, seving in field artillery and the newly formed Tank Destroyer Forces. In September 1943 he began flight training in the Army Air Corps as an aerial gunner, first on B-17s, and eventually as an electrical specialist gunner aboard the new B-29 Superfortresses. Stationed on Guam, he flew many 3000 mile combat missions of 18 hours per flight against the Japanese home islands. On his 14th mission, to Osaka, his plane was ba |
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Lucas, Jack | | Jack Lucas USMC MOH (deceased) |
| Born in Plymouth, N.C., on February 14th, 1928, Lucas was a 13-year-old cadet captain in a military academy when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Jacklyln Jack Lucas was just six days past his 17th birthday in February 1945 when his heroism at Iwo Jima earned him the nations highest military honor. He used his body to shield three fellow squad members from two grenades, and was nearly killed when one exploded. He passed away on Thursday May 1st 2008 in a Hattiesburg, Miss. hospital. He wa |
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