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A B-29 Superfortress bomber crashing during an attempted emergency landing on Iwo Jima, 24 Apr 1945, running into nine P-51 Mustang fightersA B-29 Superfortress bomber crashing during an attempted emergency landing on Iwo Jima, Japan, 24 Apr 1945, running into nine P-51 Mustang fighters; note ground personnel waiting behind a Jeep for all ammunition to cook off before approaching
A B-29 Superfortress bomber crashing during an attempted emergency landing on Iwo Jima, 24 Apr 1945, running into nine P-51 Mustang fightersA B-29 Superfortress bomber crashing during an attempted emergency landing on Iwo Jima, Japan, 24 Apr 1945, running into nine P-51 Mustang fighters; note ground personnel waiting behind a Jeep for all ammunition to cook off before approaching
FG-1D Corsairs from Marine Air Wing 4 at Iwo JimaAerial view looking southward over Iwo Jima
FG-1D Corsairs from Marine Air Wing 4 at Iwo Jima's Motoyama Airfield No 2, 1945. Note the PB4Y-2 Privateer with the enormously tall tail, the B-29 Superfortress, and Mt Suribachi.Aerial view looking southward over Iwo Jima's South Airfield (formerly Japanese Airfield # 1), with Mount Suribachi in the distance, 26 May 1945; note B-29 bombers on the field
A Corsair fighter ripple firing its HVAR rockets at Japanese positions at Okinawa, Japan, Jun 1945Two P-51D Mustang fighters of the US 45th Fighter Squadron after a ground crash at South Field, Iwo Jima, Japan, Jun 1945. Note Mount Suribachi in background
A Corsair fighter ripple firing its HVAR rockets at Japanese positions at Okinawa, Japan, Jun 1945Two P-51D Mustang fighters of the US 45th Fighter Squadron after a ground crash at South Field, Iwo Jima, Japan, Jun 1945. Note Mount Suribachi in background
P-51D Mustangs of the 47th & 531st Fighter Squadrons at South Field, Iwo Jima, May-July 1945. Note also the PB4Y-1 Liberator of Navy Patrol Squadron VPB-116.TBM-3 Avenger of Marine Squadron VMTB-242 taxiing past USAAF P-51D Mustangs at Iwo Jima
P-51D Mustangs of the 47th & 531st Fighter Squadrons at South Field, Iwo Jima, May-July 1945. Note also the PB4Y-1 Liberator of Navy Patrol Squadron VPB-116.TBM-3 Avenger of Marine Squadron VMTB-242 taxiing past USAAF P-51D Mustangs at Iwo Jima's Motoyama Airfield No 1, 1945.
Painting US Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Terry Scott inspecting an old Japanese Type 96 25mm gun at Iwo Jima, Japan, 23 Mar 2003
Painting 'Iwo Jima' by Takeo Terada, 1945US Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Terry Scott inspecting an old Japanese Type 96 25mm gun at Iwo Jima, Japan, 23 Mar 2003
Beach used by the US invasion, Iwo Jima, Japan, 21 Mar 2015
Beach used by the US invasion, Iwo Jima, Japan, 21 Mar 2015

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"Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue."

Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, 16 Mar 1945


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