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U.S. Marine Corps veteran Cpl. Leighton Willhite, who served in the Battle of Iwo Jima, looks at old pictures of the tank with Jonathan Bernstein, curator of arms and armor at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, at the Museum Support Facility in Dumfries, Virginia, Aug. 15, 2025. The National Museum of the Marine Corps hosted an event commemorating the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender, highlighting “Lucky” a World War II-era Sherman tank, being reunited with its driver. Willhite was just 19 when he drove lucky ashore at Red Beach 2 with the 5th Tank Battalion during the assault in 1945. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Memphis Pitts)
| Date Taken: | 08.15.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 08.20.2025 15:24 |
| Photo ID: | 9265846 |
| VIRIN: | 250815-M-LC092-1220 |
| Resolution: | 5872x3915 |
| Size: | 18.8 MB |
| Location: | DUMFRIES, VIRGINIA, US |
| Web Views: | 8 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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