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[Carriage Hill]

Are those planes somehow anchored to the deck?

[Retain Mike]

My first thought when I see this picture is how much work was required by the plane pushers to get ready for this photo op.

On a related subject, I was Officer of the Deck on an LST when we served with an Amphibious Ready Group in the Tonkin Gulf. We usually steamed at double standard distance or 2,000 yards apart. For a photo we moved to 1,000 or standard distance. I remember how much larger the Iwo Jima looked as I came up to take the watch.