English: Out of the gaping mouths of Coast Guard and Navy Landing Craft, rose the great flow of invasion supplies to the blackened sands of Iwo Jima, a few hours after the Marines had wrested their foothold on the vital island. 1945.

This squad of Marines, 2nd Separate Engineer Battalion, Co. B, unloads supplies on Red Beach, Iwo Jima. To the left, (beneath the “807”) balancing two wooden boxes is Malinowski. Louis Hill, with “USMC” across his back, is to the left of Malinowski and directly across from Hill is his buddy Harry Lee Jones. Nearer the surf is Staff Sergeant Ingram lifting a box (seen as a white diagonal line). George “Frank” Hoyt is partially visible to the left of a carbine stock slung over the shoulder of an unknown Marine. To the right of the unknown Marine, is Fink, in profile. Martini, with the moustache, stands alert. The half-hidden face at the very end of the “bucket-brigade” is Cpl. Leonard W. Pojunas, Sr., just below the doors of the open LSM 201. Standing to the far right and facing away is Staff Sergeant Stubby Green. Sitting next to Green is Shirley tightening his gaiter.

The 2nd Eng. Battalion had sailed from APRA Harbor, Guam February 16, 1945 on LST 725, LST 247, and LSM 143. February 20, 1945 the battalion was off Iwo Jima. February 21, at 18:30, LST 725 was beached on Iwo Jima at Red Two and LST 247 at Yellow One. Both LSTs were retracted February 22 for a more suitable ramp on Red One, where unloading continued under mortar fire from the Japanese.