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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Iwo Jima island was heavily fortified, with vast bunkers, hidden artillery and 11 miles of tunnels. The Japanese had dug 1,500 caves into the landscape, and used their positions in the caves to ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

But when thousands of Marines waded ashore, Japanese forces hidden in bunkers counterattacked ... if you will." Capturing Iwo Jima "meant you could have a real territorial stronghold close ...

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