Corporal Edward Burckhardt, of Yonkers, New York, holding a kitten that he found at the base of Suribachi Yama on the battlefield at Iwo Jima when he came ashore with the 5th Marine Division, 1945.

Corporal Edward Burckhardt, of Yonkers, New York, holding a kitten that he found at the base of Suribachi Yama on the battlefield at Iwo Jima when he came ashore with the 5th Marine Division, 1945.