Injured U.S. Marines walk down the hillside as another wounded is carried on a stretcher to a medical station below on Iwo Jima, Japan, on March 2, 1945(rudeerude)

Injured U.S. Marines

U.S. Marines receive  Communion from a Marine chaplain on Iwo Jima.March 3, 1945

Receiving Communion

The fourth division Marines dig foxholes, center, uncovering dead bodies, and await further orders. The Japanese pillbox-blockhouse, which was considered unconquerable, can be seen at center in the background.