127-GW-304-112350: Battle for Iwo Jima, February-March 1945. Marines pose with captured Japanese flag. Left to right: Private First Class J.L. Hudson, Jr.; Private First Class .L. Lofter; Private First Class Paul V. Parces (top of blockhouse); Private Fred Sizemore; Private First Class Hewey Kovitc
Photograph by National Museum of the U.S. Navy
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Navy (USN) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II. The American invasion, designated Operation Detachment, had the goal of capturing the island with its two airfields: South Field and Central Field.
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