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Loading Wounded Soldier onto Ship
1945
Overhead view of men loading a wounded soldier onto a hospital ship.
Iwo Jima Medical Facilities
March 1945
Medical facilities, Iwo Jima plus nine. This image is one of many taken by Milwaukee photographer Dickey Chapelle in the aftermath of the landing at Iwo Jima.
Wounded Men Disembarking from Hospital Ship
circa 1945
Wounded soldiers are led from the USS Samaritan, a hospital ship.
Fresh Casualty
1945
Marine corporal with his arm in a sling after being shot in the upper arm at Iwo Jima. Another wounded soldier sits beside him with a bandage on his head.
Wounded Marine on Ship Deck
circa 1945-02
A wounded Marine lays on a stretcher on the deck of the USS "Samaritan" in Iwo Jima. The man later died.
Wounded Marine in Iwo Jima
February 1945
A marine from the USS "Samaritan" lays on a stretcher with his eyes bandaged.
