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Advancing U.S. troops trying to establish the location of a Japanese machine-gun nest on a map so as ... of caged combat. Iwo Jima means “sulfur island” in Japanese, and Japan’s imperial ...

“Capturing Iwo Jima had immediate consequences for the approach to Japan,” Jessor says. “What was happening was that our bombers were leaving from Saipan or Tinian, and some of those bombers would get ...

Marine amphibious tractors burn after being hit by Japanese mortar shells during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. (U.S. Marine ...

Marines fighting on Iwo Jima scaled Mount Suribachi ... victory over Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan in World War II. Marines initially invaded Iwo Jima on Feb. 19, 1945, as part of the U.S ...

the Battle of Iwo Jima. The small island between the Marianas and mainland Japan was a strategic target for Allied forces ahead of a future US invasion of Okinawa. While the US initially ...

In commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima, the Eagle Society is honored to support the Iwo Jima Association ...

U.S. bombs, both atomic and incendiary, had devastated Japan as well. After the war was over, the United States built a military base on Iwo Jima. In 1968, the island was given back to Japan.