Japanese 3 wheel motorcycle repaired by U.S. Marines for own use. Photographed as action continued on Iwo Jima, Japan on April 16, 1945.

3-wheeler

A 6th Division Marine demolition crew watches explosive charges detonate and destroy a Japanese cave, May 1945

Colorized by T.Sorba

Cave demolition

Left to right: Commander of the 10th US Army, Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner (1886-1945), commander of the 6th Marine Division, Major General Lemuel C. Shepherd (1896-1990) and assistant Division commander, Brigadier General William T. Clement (1894-1955).