| Iwo
Jima
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70,000 Marines invaded Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945. 20,000
Japanese soldiers defended the island from underground bunkers.
US Marines captured the island after 36 days of fighting.
6,800 Americans died. Almost every Japanese soldier fought
to the death or committed suicide. The US military used Iwo
Jima as an emergency landing strip for American war planes
after its capture.
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Marines land on the beach at Iwo Jima, February 19, 1945
Courtesy of the National Archives # 127-GW-294-110109
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