Battle of Iwo Jima
Island of Iwo Jima (Invaded February 1945)
- The island was defended by 23,00 Japanese soldiers
- Japanese fought the Marines in caves and hid from the soldiers in caves, tunnels in the mountains, and underground bunkers
- The Marines thought they would win the battle for Iwo Jima, but they were not expecting the Japanese fighting tactics
- Marines were aided by the B-25 Bombers
- The Marines most iconic picture was taken on top of Mount Suribachi showing the Japanese that the United States Marine Corps took the island
- The names of the Marines and one Navy corpman are: Ira Hayes, Franklin Sousley, John Bradley and Harlon Block, Michael Strank, Rene Gagno