Printed or stamped in purple, verso: 4061 // FROM: // PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION // U. S. COAST GUARD // WASHINGTON, D. C. // OFFICIAL COAST GUARD PHOTO // COAST GUARD BRINGS OUT IWO JIMA WOUNDED [underlined] // WOUNDED WHEN JAP FIRE MADE A DIRECT HIT ON AN AMTRAC, A MARINE IS // TRANSFERRED BY COAST GUARDSMEN TO A LANDING BOAT OFF THE FLAMING // SHORE OF IWO JIMA ON D-DAY. AFTER DARTING IN WITH BOATLOADS OF // MARINES, COAST GUARD-MANNED LANDING CRAFT RAN BACK TO SEA WITH // CASUALTIES TO LSTS, ESPECIALLY FITTED AS TEMPORARY HOSPITAL SHIPS, // INTENSE ENEMY FIRE EXACTED A HEAVY TOLL AS THE BEACHHEAD WAS // ESTABLISHED ON THE VOLCANIC ISLAND FORTRESS ONLY 750 MILES FROM // TOKYO. // // MAR 6 1945 // // RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION // 27 FEB 1945 // U.S. COAST GUARD // WASHINGTON, D.C.