Iwo Jima's soft volcanic ash was difficult to ... they ran into Kuribayashi's kill zones. After they cleared bunkers, Japanese soldiers used their tunnels to reoccupy them and attack the Americans ...

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 ...

We would like to settle this issue in the next three years." Iwo Jima's Japanese defenders were so deeply dug into caves, bunkers and tunnels, and the shelling of the island by the Americans was ...

Every metre seemed to contain more bunkers and more artillery ... but his family assumed he died in Iwo Jima and built him a gravestone. "Japanese soldiers were dead all over the place, their ...

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, only to return through underground ... did not mean the end of Japanese resistance on Iwo Jima, however. For 25 more bloody days, the battle was to rage.

A Long and Fierce Fight D-Day for Iwo Jima was February 19, 1945. The 30,000 Marines who came ashore that first day had to uproot 21,000 Japanese defenders in well-fortified underground bunkers.

Iwo Jima was Marine Ed Cavallini's first and ... Woody and his 70 pound flamethrower silenced Japanese concrete bunkers, blockhouses, pillboxes, and the troops inside. He returned to Marine ...

After the overhaul, the USS George Washington resumed forward deployment in Japan. Conducting flight drills on Iwo Jima ...

No World War II battle represents the fighting spirit of the US Marine Corps better than Iwo Jima. In terms of its combat ...

Ongoing construction delays at a Japanese air base meant to host U.S. Navy carrier landing practice have stalled parts of the ...