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On this day in 1945, the U.S. Marines landed on the island of Iwo Jima...
Posted on 2/19/22 at 7:23 am
Posted on 2/19/22 at 7:23 am
And marched into a whirlwind of death and destruction, as the Japanese - after holding their fire for many minutes - suddenly opened up on the beaches where U.S. Marine and Navy personnel were steadily moving ashore. February 19, 1945, was the first day of a five-week long battle that would cost the lives of nearly 7,000 Americans and 19,000 Japanese. Total casualties for the battle itself approached 50,000 - all for an island that was quite literally just a speck on the map.
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Posted on 2/19/22 at 7:28 am to RollTide1987
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all for an island that was quite literally just a speck on the map.
And one they ultimately didn’t even need.
Posted on 2/19/22 at 7:32 am to RollTide1987
Combat correspondent Sergeant Mawson, embedded with the 4th Marine Division, delivered a live report from the island on February 27, 1945 as the Marines advanced on Motoyama Airfield.
Actual audio from the Battle of Iwo Jima
Actual audio from the Battle of Iwo Jima
Posted on 2/19/22 at 7:35 am to RollTide1987
Zoom in and you can see someone me of these guys smiling. Amazing
Posted on 2/19/22 at 7:38 am to RollTide1987
Stanwood Duval from Houma with the binoculars.
Can’t post the pic.
Can’t post the pic.
This post was edited on 2/19/22 at 7:41 am
Posted on 2/19/22 at 7:43 am to RollTide1987
Rah!
Posted on 2/19/22 at 7:43 am to The Spleen
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And one they ultimately didn’t even need.
I disagree, as Ian W. Toll pointed out in his recent book:
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B-29s from the Twentieth Air Force would make 2,251 emergency landings on Iwo Jima. Possession of the vital way station, almost directly on the flight line between the Marianas and Japan, effectively added to the range and payload of the Superforts. It also saved untold numbers of lives. In April, P-51 squadrons based on Iwo would begin providing fighter escort for the B-29 formations as they hit Japan. Approximately 20,000 USAAF aircrewmen made at lest one emergency landing on the island; many would have otherwise perished at sea. A B-29 pilot spoke for all of his fellow airmen when he said, "Whenever I land on this island I thank God for the men who fought for it."
Source: Twilight of the Gods - War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 (published 2020)
Posted on 2/19/22 at 7:44 am to Eighteen
John Basilone on Iwo Jima 
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Enemy fire from heavily fortified bunkers was murderous, and everyone was pinned down in the black volcanic sand on the beach. Basilone, recognizing that his men would survive only if they kept moving, yelled at them to “Get off the beach!” Then, shrewdly gauging the tactical situation, he worked his way around the flank, singlehandedly attacking and destroying a Japanese blockhouse with grenades and demolitions, which allowed his unit to capture a nearby airfield.
A short time later, Basilone helped a Marine tank that had become trapped in an enemy minefield and was in danger of being destroyed by mortar and artillery fire. Despite the rain of exploding shells all around him, Basilone managed to guide the tank to safety. But then his luck ran out. Just minutes later, while moving along the edge of an airfield, shrapnel from an exploding mortar shell grievously wounded him. “Manila John” Basilone died about 30 minutes later. He was 27 years old.
Posted on 2/19/22 at 7:46 am to RollTide1987
Respect 
Posted on 2/19/22 at 7:51 am to RollTide1987
The emergency landings number is highly contested. According to several historians, the majority of B-29 landings there were routine refueling stops.
Posted on 2/19/22 at 7:56 am to Bigfishchoupique
quote:Picture of him and his brother from the Duval Family Association webpage.
Stanwood Duval from Houma with the binoculars.
Posted on 2/19/22 at 8:13 am to PhillyTiger90
He was a bad arse hero.
Posted on 2/19/22 at 8:15 am to The Spleen
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According to several historians, the majority of B-29 landings there were routine refueling stops.
Where would they have refueled if not at Iwo Jima?
Posted on 2/19/22 at 8:29 am to RollTide1987
Rah!
This post was edited on 2/19/22 at 8:33 am
Posted on 2/19/22 at 8:45 am to RollTide1987
"uncommon valor was a common virtue"
21,000 japs on iwo
Marines killed 20,800
21,000 japs on iwo
Marines killed 20,800
Posted on 2/19/22 at 9:11 am to RollTide1987
That’s my bruthafrickas!
Posted on 2/19/22 at 9:23 am to NPComb
My dad was on the second wave and he stayed for the duration. He was promoted to master sgt a week after landing.(I found this from his military records after he died.)
All he would ever talk about was how badly he wanted a glass of ice water.
All he would ever talk about was how badly he wanted a glass of ice water.
This post was edited on 2/19/22 at 9:28 am
Posted on 2/19/22 at 9:26 am to NPComb
My father was with the 5th Marine Division that land on Iwo. He was wounded on Iwo. He did not talk much about the battle but he did say he saw the American flag being raised on Mt. Kuribayashi.
Posted on 2/19/22 at 9:56 am to RollTide1987
Watching, reading, and listening about this stuff just makes me feel like a petty a-hole. I get burned out from working an accounting job while men back then had to way the moral choice of killing a disobedient prisoner or running up a hill towards an automatic weapon spewing death.
Posted on 2/19/22 at 10:18 am to RollTide1987
i've been to Iwo twice, incredibly powerful place
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