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Marines use a "Satan" to incinerate a Japanese pillbox on Saipan. The CB-H2 flamethrower seen here on Iwo Jima had a range of 150 yards [1] 117th CB logo [2] The Seabees' training model of a coaxial H1a-H5a flamethrower shown by Col Unmacht's staff to visitors would not see combat until Korea Night demonstration at Schofield Barracks 3 weeks prior to Iwo Jima.
A flamethrower operator of E Company, 2nd Battalion 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, runs under fire on Iwo Jima. The United States M2 flamethrower was heavily used in the Pacific. It features two tanks containing fuel and compressed gas respectively, which are combined and ignited to produce a stream of flaming liquid out of the tip.
Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams (October 2, 1923 – June 29, 2022) was a United States Marine Corps Reserve warrant officer and United States Department of Veterans Affairs veterans service representative who received the Medal of Honor, the United States military's highest decoration for valor, for heroism above and beyond the call of duty during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.
Cross section through a CB-H1 flame thrower [2] Marines use a "Satan" to incinerate a Japanese pillbox on Saipan. The CWS-POA-H1-H2 Shermans used on Iwo Jima had a flame throwing range of 150 yards [3] Night demonstration at Schofield Barracks 3 weeks prior to Iwo Jima.
The CB-H2 flamethrower seen here on Iwo Jima had a range of 150 yards [8] In May 1944 the 5th Tank Battalion commanded by Lt. Colonel William R. Collins was posted to Schofield Barracks in the Territory of Hawaii. They were attached to the Army's Chemical Warfare Service CENPAC under Col. Unmacht (USA). [9]
The CB-H1-H2 flamethrower seen here on Iwo Jima had a range of 150 yards [1] The battalion was first formed on May 12, 1943, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. It was composed, with the exception of two officers, entirely of reservists. It was the first unit to capture Japanese mandated territory in the Pacific.
Charles W. Lindberg (June 26, 1920 – June 24, 2007) was a United States Marine Corps corporal who fought in three island campaigns during World War II.During the Battle of Iwo Jima, he was a member of the patrol which captured the top of Mount Suribachi where he helped raise the first U.S. flag on the island on February 23, 1945.
Arriving on Iwo Jima on 20 February 1945, the battalion brought its flame tanks and played an important role in the capture of the island. From Iwo Jima the battalion returned to the US via Guam. In Guam the battalion received 18 upgraded tanks produced by the Seabees that had been intended for the Army's 713th flame tank Battalion on Okinawa.