Despite having a surface area of just 8 square miles and being 750 miles from mainland Japan, Iwo Jima was extremely important. ... and constructed over 11 miles of bunkers and tunnels.

March 2: A U.S. Marine inspects bunker and machine gun used by the Japanese military on Iwo To, Japan. Hundreds of Marines landed on Iwo Jima, now known as Iwo To, to prepare for the 65th ...

2007-03-19 04:00:00 PDT Iwo Jima, Japan -- A breeze carried the scent of salt off... Iwo Jima battle commemorated / Americans, Japanese honor soldiers lost in World War II clash ...

Iwo Jima’s Japanese defenders were so deeply dug in to caves, bunkers and tunnels, and the shelling of the island by the Americans was so intense, that recovering their bodies has been an almost ...

Japanese were routed from their bunkers, ... The conquest of Suribachi did not mean the end of Japanese resistance on Iwo Jima, however. For 25 more bloody days, the battle was to rage.

In a rare visit to Iwo Jima, Japan's prime minister offered prayers Tuesday at two recently discovered mass graves and vowed to find the more than 12,000 fallen soldiers whose bodies have yet to ...

United States and Japanese veterans of the battle of Iwo Jima return to the island to commemorate the 70th anniversary of one of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific during World War II.

More than 75,000 Americans fought at Iwo Jima. ... began flying their payloads to Japan. ... that first day had to uproot 21,000 Japanese defenders in well-fortified underground bunkers.

In a rare visit to Iwo Jima, Japan's prime minister offered prayers Tuesday at two recently discovered mass graves and vowed to find the more than 12,000 fallen soldiers whose bodies have yet to ...