There is a saying...."Uncommon valor was a common virtue"...........b/c they told the Marines the importance of winning the airfield......i have been there...............the airfield is basically the only thing on the place........some wild goats......rocks, sand.......a US Coast Guard detachment.........some Japanese military..........and softball fields..........not much else....................
They lost like 7,000......but they assaulted it with 20 k.......................Marines...........they had to get it b/c from there they could bomb Tokyo......and that would end the war soon....................THAT was why the Marines fought so hard................and the famous photo..(the monument was from the photo)............Ira Hayes......an Indian Marine was one of the Marines hoisting our flag on the top of Mt. S.............i have been up there.....it is hot inside the place....like 130 degrees.........it is a volcano....................
"In some of the bloodiest fighting of World War II, it’s believed that all but 200 or so of the 21,000 Japanese forces on the island were killed, as were almost 7,000 Marines. But once the fighting was over, the strategic value of Iwo Jima was called into question."
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Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was an epic military campaign between U.S. Marines and the Imperial Army of Japan in early 1945. Located 750 miles off the coast of Japan, the island of Iwo Jima had three airfields that could serve as a staging facility for a potential invasion of mainland Japan. American forces invaded the island on February 19, 1945, and the ensuing Battle of Iwo Jima lasted for five weeks. In some of the bloodiest fighting of World War II, it’s believed that all but 200 or so of the 21,000 Japanese forces on the island were killed, as were almost 7,000 Marines. But once the fighting was over, the strategic value of Iwo Jima was called into question.
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