Landing Craft on Beach

A heavily damaged landing craft is pulled up to shore, its entrance open. A single soldier or Marine wearing a helmet stands in the center of the image. A heavily damaged landing craft is pulled up to shore, its entrance open. A single soldier or Marine wearing a helmet stands in the center of the image. After training at Pendleton Field, Oregon, in aerial and ground photography, Baldwin served with the 20th U.S. Air Force as public relations photographer and artist. Stationed on Iwo Jima, he later covered the surrender of Japanese forces in Tokyo Bay, August, 1945. Gift of the artist, 1994.