More than 6,500 U.S. servicemen died at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a tiny island 660 miles south of Tokyo that was deemed vital to our war effort because Japanese fighter planes based there were intercepting American bombers on missions to Japan.
The invasion began on February 119, 1945, with about 70,000 Marines battling 18,000 Japanese soldiers for 36 days.
Besides those killed, about 20,000 Americans woundee. Only about 200 Japanese soldiers were captured, with the others being killed in the fighting.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
No comments:
Post a Comment