Playing it Safe on Iheya Shima. Leathernecks of the second Marine division kneel behind covering rockpile after storming ashore on Ihiya [Iheya] Shima from Coast Guard landing craft. Only negligible casualties were sustained in the capture of this tiny island, announced this week by Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. Ihiya was the 17th island of the Okinawa group seized by our forces.

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