W3MVJ 1947 Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands
Now Ogasawara

Operator was Nicholas Timashenka (born 1922 in Springdale, PA, died 2011 in Cupertino, CA), holder of the call-signs W3MVJ, D4ACL, DL4CL, W6CTK.

In 1941, before Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the Army Air Force.
As a career soldier, he was stationed all over the world working as a radio range communications specialist.
After retiring from the service, he worked as a county communications specialist in California.
A ham radio operator from his teen years, he continued communicating by the phone with family, friends and former neighbors in the Alle-Kiski Valley area.

Courtesy of Norbert Maibaum