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Iwo Jima Fun Fact
Posted on 11/23/25 at 8:23 am
Posted on 11/23/25 at 8:23 am
Yamakage Kufuku and Matsudo Linsoki, two Imperial Japanese Navy machine gunners, surrendered on Iwo Jima three years after the end of WWII on January 6, 1949. They were in good condition at the time of surrender. They managed to steal food and other supplies from the U.S. personnel stationed on the island during the nights to help sustain during their extended hold out.
The actual battle of Iwo Jima was fought from February 19th - March 26th, 1945.
The actual battle of Iwo Jima was fought from February 19th - March 26th, 1945.
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Posted on 11/23/25 at 8:27 am to RickAstley
Fun?
This post was edited on 11/23/25 at 8:29 am
Posted on 11/23/25 at 8:30 am to RickAstley
If you get the chance to visit, when they tell you not to touch anything shiny in the black sand, it's for a reason.
Posted on 11/23/25 at 8:34 am to RickAstley
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surrendered on Iwo Jima three years after the end of WWII on January 6, 1949
-Hiro Onoda
Posted on 11/23/25 at 8:59 am to RickAstley
The iconic Iwo Jima Flag-Raising statue in Washington, D.C. …officially the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial…. is replica based on the original sculpture created by artist Felix de Weldon shortly after World War II.
De Weldon began working on the piece in 1945, meticulously shaping the figures in plaster, but the full original model had no permanent home for many years.
It sat stored in sections in his garage and studio while he worked to secure funding and a suitable site for a national memorial. When the official memorial in Washington was finally commissioned and completed in 1954, the massive bronze version was cast from that same original model.
The original full-size plaster sculpture was later acquired by the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen, Texas (which is a private college preparatory school for boys) where it now stands as an important and historically significant predecessor to the D.C. monument.
De Weldon began working on the piece in 1945, meticulously shaping the figures in plaster, but the full original model had no permanent home for many years.
It sat stored in sections in his garage and studio while he worked to secure funding and a suitable site for a national memorial. When the official memorial in Washington was finally commissioned and completed in 1954, the massive bronze version was cast from that same original model.
The original full-size plaster sculpture was later acquired by the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen, Texas (which is a private college preparatory school for boys) where it now stands as an important and historically significant predecessor to the D.C. monument.
This post was edited on 11/23/25 at 9:03 am
Posted on 11/23/25 at 9:01 am to FAP SAM
Is he the dude who didn't surrender until like 2002? 
Posted on 11/23/25 at 9:02 am to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Posted on 11/23/25 at 9:05 am to RickAstley
I imagine finding and stealing fresh water on these islands was a chore for the Japanese. I know Peleliu offered no fresh water sources yet 34 soldiers survived in caves until they surrendered in April of 1947
Posted on 11/23/25 at 9:12 am to rintintin
Some time in the 70s I believe
Posted on 11/23/25 at 9:15 am to FAP SAM
March 10, 1974
But only after they found his former commanding officer to come to the Philippines and order him to.
This was the ceremony held the next day where Onoda formally surrendered to Marcos.
But only after they found his former commanding officer to come to the Philippines and order him to.
This was the ceremony held the next day where Onoda formally surrendered to Marcos.
Posted on 11/23/25 at 9:35 am to LemmyLives
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If you get the chance to visit, when they tell you not to touch anything shiny in the black sand, it's for a reason
Would you be considered a casualty of WW2 if you were killed by a burried land mine on Iwo Jima?
Posted on 11/23/25 at 9:35 am to RickAstley
Here's another Iwo Jima fun fact:
The 5 week battle resulted in 48,000 casualties over the island's 8 total square miles. That's 6,000 casualties per square mile. That's a literal carpet of bodies across the surface of the island.
The 5 week battle resulted in 48,000 casualties over the island's 8 total square miles. That's 6,000 casualties per square mile. That's a literal carpet of bodies across the surface of the island.
Posted on 11/23/25 at 9:52 am to RickAstley
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Iwo Jima
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Fun Fact
Stick to your gameboy
Posted on 11/23/25 at 9:52 am to ClientNumber9
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literal carpet of bodies across the surface of the island.
Not literally but it’s a lot.
Posted on 11/23/25 at 10:09 am to RickAstley
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Iwo Jima Fun Fact
Four words seldom, if ever, seen together before this.
Posted on 11/23/25 at 10:12 am to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
I just finished reading Flags of Our Fathers that dives into the history of the flag raising and the individuals that participated. Some other interesting facts:
- It wasn't the first U.S. flag raising that happened on Suribachi. This was to avoid the first one being claimed by Secretary of the Navy, James Forrestal.
- One of the 6 flag raisers was not publicly identified until January 1947. One of the three surviving flag raisers, Ira Hayes, was told to keep quiet about Harlon Block's identification when he spoke up about him not being included as one of the six flag raisers on the 7th bond tour.
- The flag raising occurred very early in the battle of Iwo Jima. It happened on February 23rd and the battle went until March 26th.
- It wasn't the first U.S. flag raising that happened on Suribachi. This was to avoid the first one being claimed by Secretary of the Navy, James Forrestal.
- One of the 6 flag raisers was not publicly identified until January 1947. One of the three surviving flag raisers, Ira Hayes, was told to keep quiet about Harlon Block's identification when he spoke up about him not being included as one of the six flag raisers on the 7th bond tour.
- The flag raising occurred very early in the battle of Iwo Jima. It happened on February 23rd and the battle went until March 26th.
Posted on 11/23/25 at 10:14 am to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
A Confederate flag was also raised on Okinawa:
Betcha didn’t know that.
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Five days ago I posted an article citing Eugene Sledge’s With the Old Breed that stated the first American flag to fly over the conquered Japanese fortress at Shuri Castle during the World War II battle of Okinawa was the Confederate battle flag. Sledge, who was present, wrote:
Earlier in the morning [of May 29, 1945] . . . Marines had attacked eastward into the rains of Shuri Castle and had raised the Confederate flag. When we learned that the flag of the Confederacy had been hoisted over the very heart and soul of Japanese resistance, all of us Southerners cheered loudly. The Yankees among us grumbled
Betcha didn’t know that.
This post was edited on 11/23/25 at 10:21 am
Posted on 11/23/25 at 10:16 am to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
The iconic photo was a re-enactment of the actual, original event.
Posted on 11/23/25 at 10:20 am to Boss13
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Would you be considered a casualty of WW2 if you were killed by a burried land mine on Iwo Jima?
I missed an opportunity to find out
(most of the ux appeared to be mortar rounds and the like)
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