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"Smashed by Jap mortar and shellfire, trapped by Iwo Jima's treacherous black-ash sands, amtracs and other vehicles of war lay knocked out on the black sands of the volcanic fortress." Photo credit:Robert M. Warren February/March 1945. Photo and info source: This Russian site has an impressive collection of WWII photos.