South Field was a World War II airfield on Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands, located in the Central Pacific. The Volcano Islands are part of Japan. The...
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Central Field or Iwo Jima Air Base (IATA: IWO, ICAO: RJAW) is a former World War II airfield on Iwo Jima in the Bonin Islands, located in the Central Pacific...
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Iwo Jima, officially romanized and pronounced Iōtō (硫(い)黄(おう)島(とう), literally: "Sulfur Island"), is one of the Japanese Volcano Islands, which lie south...
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USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) was the lead ship of her class and type and the first amphibious assault ship to be designed and built from the keel up as a dedicated...
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South Iwo Jima (南硫黄島, Minami-Iōtō, "South Sulfur Island"), officially Minami or South Iōtō (written with the same characters) since 18 June 2007 and also...
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Naval Base Iwo Jima was a naval base built by United States Navy on the Japanese Volcano Island of Iwo Jima during and after the Battle of Iwo Jima, that started...
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USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) (landing helicopter dock) is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy. The ship was named for the Battle of...
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Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (Japanese: 硫黄島の星条旗, Hepburn: Iōtō no Seijōki) is an iconic photograph of six United States Marines raising the U.S. flag atop...
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North Iwo Jima (Japanese: 北硫黄島, Kita Iwōjima, "North Sulfur Island"), now officially North or Kita Iōtō (written with the same characters) and previously...
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In anticipation of the Battle of Iwo Jima, Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi prepared a defense that broke with Japanese military doctrine. Rather...
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South Field may refer to: South Field, Berkshire, a location in England South Field, East Riding of Yorkshire, a location in England South Field (Iwo...
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The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Navy (USN) landed...
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John Bradley (United States Navy) (redirect from John Bradley (Iwo Jima))
extraordinary heroism while serving with the Marines during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. During the battle, he was a member of the patrol that...
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Volcano Islands (redirect from Iwo Islands)
stretches south to the Marianas. They have an area of 32.55 square kilometres (12.57 sq mi), and a population of 380. The island of Iwo Jima in the Volcano...
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26th Marine Regiment (United States) (section Iwo Jima)
and established defensive positions on the southwestern end of South Field (Iwo Jima). The next day when the 5th Marine Division went into the assault...
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II North Field (Iwo Jima) or Iwo Jima Air Base, a World War II airfield on Iwo Jima in the Bonin Islands and still in operation today South Pars / North...
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Ira Hayes (category Battle of Iwo Jima)
Flag on Iwo Jima by photographer Joe Rosenthal. The first flag raised over Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945 at the south end of Iwo Jima, was deemed...
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Records, Sam Phillips, and the music industry in general. "The Sands of Iwo Jima" recounts Hood's experiences with his great uncle while growing up in North...
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Places as the "Isley Field Historic District", and is part of the National Historic Landmark District on Saipan. South Field (Iwo Jima) (CBs 31, 64, & 133...
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John Basilone (category Battle of Iwo Jima)
for Henderson Field in the Guadalcanal campaign, and the Navy Cross posthumously for extraordinary heroism during the Battle of Iwo Jima. He was the only...
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II. The 5th Division saw its first combat action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945 where it sustained the highest number of casualties of the three...
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Suribachiyama) is a 169-metre (554 ft)-high mountain on the southwest end of Iwo Jima in the northwest Pacific Ocean under the administration of Ogasawara Subprefecture...
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Chichijima (redirect from Chichi Jima)
Bonin or Ogasawara Islands. Chichijima is about 240 km (150 mi) north of Iwo Jima. 23.5 km2 (9.1 sq mi) in size, the island is home to about 2,120 people...
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Jacklyn H. Lucas (category Battle of Iwo Jima)
years as a private first class in the Marine Corps during the Battle of Iwo Jima. During a close firefight in two trenches between Lucas and three Marines...
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Territory, (1944) Bellows Army Airfield, Hawaii Territory, (1944–1945) South Field, Iwo Jima (2 March-24 November 1945) Bellows Army Airfield, Hawaii Territory...
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List of islands of Japan (category Cleanup tagged articles with a reason field from April 2024)
Rettō (Volcano Islands) Nishinoshima Kita Iwo Jima (North Iwo Jima) Iwo Jima Minami Iwo Jima (South Iwo Jima) Minami Torishima (Marcus Island) Enoshima...
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Darrell S. Cole (category Battle of Iwo Jima)
decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his conspicuous gallantry at the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. Although he was originally assigned to play the bugle...
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raiders were staging through Iwo Jima, American forces stepped up their attacks on that island. While the decision to invade Iwo Jima had been made before the...
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stunned to find the following comments in the 'Iwo Jima Report,' a collection of memoirs by Iwo Jima survivors. 'The men we saw weighed no more than...
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