Iwo Jima Tribute
Mar 11th 2006RavenMarine Corps & Raven
Iwo Jima Veterans pay tribute.
Former U.S. and Japanese servicemembers met at the Reunion of Honor monument for the 61st anniversary commemoration ceremony honoring those who fought here. The monument sits on a hill overlooking Yellow Beach, where in World War II many U.S. Marines landed on Japanese soil for the first time on Feb. 19, 1945.
More than 100,000 U.S. troops fought to take the island. More than 26,000 were casualties, including more than 6,800 dead. Japanese troops vowed to fight to the death, and almost did so: fewer than 1,000 of the 22,000 defenders survived.
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