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Six battleships (Arkansas, New York, Texas, Nevada, Idaho, and Tennessee), five cruisers (Pensacola, Salt Lake City, Chester, Tuscaloosa, and Vicksburg), and many destroyers from TF 54 were presenting the pre-landing bombardment.

At 02:00 local time, on 19 February 1945, D-Day, the formidable 16-inch (406 mm) battleship guns from USS North Carolina, USS Washington and later added USS West Virginiasignaled the commencement of the invasion of Iwo Jima.

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