We took a c 1 30.................to Iwo Jima from Okinawa...................it went to mainland Japan 1st ................to Iwakuni......................a Marine air wing base..............that is where I got........Willy Lump Lump...............our colonel.........the head of G 1...............flew the Marine 1........helicopter.......for Ronald Reagan.........................and knew the President personally.......he had a daughter in Radford College..........in So. Virginia.........I told him my cousin Eric went there.........he had graduated from the Naval Academy in Annapolis.................we played softball against the Coast Guard...................who had a small contingent there..........
It was a battle studies tour of Iwo Jima........................the Us Coast Guard was our guide...........taking us to Mt. Suribachi...........and into the volcanic caves.....................etc...........we stayed there like 3 days...........
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwo_Jima
Iwo To known in English as Iwo Jima is an island of the Japanese Volcano Islands chain south of the Ogasawara Islands and together with them forms the ...
Population: No native population (military pers...
Area: 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi)
Highest elevation: 161 m (528 ft)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island ...
Result: American victory
Date: 19 February – 26 March 1945
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