US Fifth Marine Division riflemen waited while a fellow Marine burned out a Japanese-held cave with flame thrower; Iwo Jima, February 26, 1945.

Flame thrower in use

Marine riflemen moving up behind a flame-throwing tank on Okinawa.

Fighting on Okinawa

Marines start the drive to the interior of Iwo Jima, Japan on March 5, 1945. Running at a crouch, they dart across the table-land in the shadow of Mount Suribachi, taking advantage of the scant protection offered by small rises in the volcanic sand.