The image, captured by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal, is arguably one of the most recognizable images to come out of World War II.The Battle of Iwo Jima took place from Feb. On the islands of the Pacific Campaign.Iwo Jima is a tiny island that became immortalized in the history books by an iconic Pulitzer Prize winning photo of a flag raising on top of a 554-foot extinct volcano called Mt. Tour the USS Missouri and Pacific Aviation Museum / USS Arizona. He is qualified as expert after visiting the island 3 times with the military and studying the battle and the geography of the island from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima and more. World War II Magazine, 12 June 2006. Battle maps in American history from Bunker Hill to Iwo Jima to Baghdad.'Battle of Iwo Jima.' History Net Where History Comes Alive World US History Online Battle of Iwo Jima Comments.
History.The service members were ready to visit the place where so many Marines and Sailors had fought for their country, and to witness the place they had to endure so much hardship for more than a month. This epic battle also yielded 27 Medals of Honor, more than any other battle in U.S. The rest were killed in action. Suffered nearly 27,000 casualties, and only 216 Japanese soldiers were captured out of 21,000 troops. By the end of the battle, the U.S. Marines and Japanese combatants.
This provided the service members with an in depth background and good understanding of what happened on the island.The pilots announced over the speaker they were circling the island before landing so we could take pictures with our smartphones. Once checked in to lodging on base, everyone gathered to discuss the importance of Iwo Jima and the battle. Across the street from the airfield, a monument decorated with rank insignia, patches and medals by visitors to honor the gallant defenders of that island stood at the beachhead.After refueling at Wake Island, they flew to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, after being diverted from their next destination, Okinawa, due to an impending storm. Forces, mostly Marines, and Japan battled during the initial stages of America’s involvement in WWII, to refuel. Each of the Marines and Sailors going on the visit to Iwo Jima were chosen because they’d earned Marine, Sailor or Noncommissioned Officers of the Year for their command.First stop, Wake Island, a lesser known island where U.S.
The tunnels spanned for miles across the island. When one of the Marines stepped inside an entrance to one of the tunnels, the darkness almost immediately swallowed him whole. The sun heated their camouflage utilities, slowly baking their skin, as their boots stirred the dusty haze that surrounded them.Walking toward the 554-foot summit, a plethora of tunnels the enemy used to defend the island seemed everywhere. The barren fields were abundant with rusted debris left behind many years ago, but lacked life. But that didn’t matter because they weren’t here for themselves, they were here to honor “The Greatest Generation.”Four miles from the airfield loomed the infamous Mount Saribachi, so the service members had a long walk ahead of them. The Marines and Sailors landed on Iwo Jima.The sweat quickly started to streak across their faces, and everyone seemed to instantly know the island was going to physically challenge them.
On the beach everyone began gathering sand to take back home, and they quickly noticed just how difficult it must have been moving forward under fire by the enemy. Walking from the dirt road through the shrubs and about 200 feet down to the beachhead was a steep decline. Suribachi, they reached Invasion Beach. Fought on Iwo Jima while the Japanese used the tunnel system to fight under Iwo Jima.Halfway to Mt.
Suribachi and the Marines had no cover against the incoming rounds.When the Marines and Sailors returned to the dirt road, they marched to the base of Mt. If that wasn’t enough, snipers and machine gunners along with artillery could perch from anywhere on Mt. The enemy had the high ground in the initial days of the invasion, firing from the bushes at the top of the beach. “But I couldn’t help but keep looking out the shore trying to imagine how it was when the Marines landed and what the Japanese thought when they saw all of our ships.”Walking up from the beach they could see just how easy it must have been for the Japanese to hit the exposed Marines. Corey Mount, an admin NCO with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force.
Khiry Wrighthashim, a flight planner with Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay. They endured the tenacity of the heat by clinging to the shadows formed by the overhanging trees along the path to the top and stopped when they needed to drink water and catch their breath.“The main thing that was going through my head is it doesn’t matter how long it takes,” said Cpl. The sun was unrelenting and sweat had completely drenched their uniforms.
They could see almost the entire island, and gained a new appreciation of the challenges the assault force overcame and just how important Mt. Suribachi with a look of total amazement. There they stood, atop Mt.
It’s an amazing thing to experience the island firsthand and stand where “uncommon valor was a common virtue. “ like Iwo Jima really makes the phrase ‘protect what you earn’ hit home.”All there that day agreed, it’s one thing to read about the battle for Iwo Jima. After all, this is why they were here – to remember the Marines and Sailors who fought and died here.“Being on this island gives you a whole new outlook and perspective,” Mount said. “The only thing that I imagined was those Marines and Sailors putting up that flag.”On the summit, some of the service members honored the warriors that fought for the island by removing their rank and dog tags to place them on the memorials.
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