Colorized by me: 2nd Battalion, 27th Marines landing on Iwo Jima, World War II.
Original is courtesy of Signal Corps, Bob Campbell.
Original is courtesy of Signal Corps, Bob Campbell.
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps and Navy landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II.
The five-week battle saw some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting of the Pacific War.
The black sands of Iwo Jima
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Approximately 70,000 U.S. Marines and 18,000 Japanese soldiers took part in the battle. In thirty-six days of fighting on the island, nearly 7,000 U.S. Marines were killed.
(The National WWII Museum)
(The National WWII Museum)
Do you guys have any relatives who were there? I'd love to see them and hear more about them.
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