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  2. Battle of Iwo Jima - Wikipedia

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    The medals awarded for the battle accounted for 28% of the 82 awarded to Marines in World War II. [79] At the time of his death on 29 June 2022, Marine Hershel W. Williams was the last living Medal of Honor recipient from World War II. [80] He received his medal for actions in the Battle of Iwo Jima.

  3. File:Iwo jima location mapSagredo.png - Wikipedia

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  4. Battle of Iwo Jima order of battle - Wikipedia

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    The Six Marine Divisions in the Pacific: Every Campaign of World War II. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Co. ISBN 978-0-7864-2769-7. Morison, Samuel Eliot (1960). Victory in the Pacific, 1945. History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Vol. XIV. Little, Brown and Co. LCCN 47-1571.

  5. Mount Suribachi - Wikipedia

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    The 1949 film Sands of Iwo Jima, directed by Allan Dwan and starring John Wayne, follows a United States Marine rifle squad preparing for battle at Iwo Jima. The 2006 films Letters from Iwo Jima and Flags of Our Fathers, directed by Clint Eastwood, treat the theme of this Pacific battle and present the positions of both belligerents in this ...

  6. Iwo Jima - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 December 2024. One of the Japanese Volcano Islands This article is about the island in the Volcano Archipelago. For other uses, see Battle of Iwo Jima and Iwo Jima (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Iejima. Iōtō (Iwo Jima) Native name: 硫黄島 Photo of Iwo Jima (Iōtō), c. 2016, with Mount ...

  7. File:Aerial View of Iwo Jima, 1945 (16781741957).jpg - Wikipedia

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    Aerial View of Iwo Jima, 1945: Author: USMC Archives from Quantico, USA: Licensing. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

  8. New island emerges after undersea volcano erupts off Japan ...

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    Iwo Jima was the site of some of the fiercest fighting of World War II, and the photograph taken by AP photographer Joe Rosenthal of the flag-raising atop the island's Mount Suribachi on Feb. 23 ...

  9. Volcano Islands - Wikipedia

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    Iwo Jima was the site of the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II, and the island group came under the United States administration. The Volcano Islands were returned to Japanese rule in 1968. The Volcano Islands were returned to Japanese rule in 1968.