Monday, April 29, 2019

One of the highlights of that tour of duty was taking a battle field study of Iwo Jima..............my grandfather said his whole boot camp platoon went here........and they all died save for like 3 men.......he was one of them...................to live.......but he didn't go..........b/c he knew how to type well..........80 wpm..........and knew short hand..................and had an associate's degree........they made him a court reporter on Parris Island for 6 months or so...........and then they shipped him to Guam.......


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Iwo Jima
Island in Ogasawara, Tokyo, Japan

Description

Iwo To, known in English as Iwo Jima, is one of the Japanese Volcano Islands and lies south of the Bonin Islands. Together with other islands, they form the Ogasawara Archipelago. The highest point of Iwo Jima is Mount Suribachi at 169 m high. Wikipedia
Area: 8.108 mi²
Elevation: 554′
Population: No native population (military personnel only)

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