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Surrounded by Cal .30 M1 ammunition cans and spent cartridges, Marines fire their Browning machinegun, cal. .30, M-1917A1, near the foot of Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, February 1945. The jerry can to the left is marked for water usage.

Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard the USS Iwo Jima fire a three-round-volley rifle salute Wednesday off the coast of Morocco. They were honoring Corporal Derek Kerns and Corporal Robby Reyes, who died in in a V-22 crash in that country April 11.

Soldier from the 7th War Dog Platoon, gets some rest while his dog Butch keeps watch. Iwo Jima, 1945