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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 85. Chapters: Iwo Jima, James Forrestal, Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, Planning for the Battle of Iwo Jima, John Basilone, Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Robert Harold Davidson, List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Battle of Iwo Jima, Ira Hayes, Darrell S. Cole, Holland Smith, Harry B. Liversedge, James E. Swett, Vernon E. Megee, Joe Rosenthal, Jacklyn H. Lucas, Jack Lummus, Joseph J. McCarthy, Justice M. Chambers, Franklin E. Sigler, Hershel W. Williams, Takeichi Nishi, Donald J. Ruhl, Douglas T. Jacobson, Michael Strank, Harry Schmidt, John Bradley, Robert Hugo Dunlap, William R. Caddy, William G. Harrell, Ross F. Gray, Charles J. Berry, Ralph Ignatowski, Rene Gagnon, Harold G. Schrier, John H. Leims, James D. La Belle, Charles W. Lindberg, Ernest Ivy Thomas, Jr., Harlon Block, Harry L. Martin, George Edward Wahlen, Wilson D. Watson, Tony Stein, Marine Corps War Memorial, William G. Walsh, John Harlan Willis, Rufus G. Herring, Francis Junior Pierce, Franklin Sousley, Jack Williams, George Phillips, Joseph R. Julian, James Michels, Henry Oliver Hansen, Charles Waterhouse, Louis R. Lowery, Howard Johnson, Flags of Our Fathers, Conrad Shaker, Frank Gambino, Harry Towne, James Stephenson, Nick Barone, Tatsugo Kawaishi, National Iwo Jima Memorial. Excerpt: The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February-26 March 1945), or Operation Detachment, was a major battle in which the United States fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Empire of Japan. The U.S. invasion, charged with the mission of capturing the three airfields on Iwo Jima, resulted in some of the fiercest fighting in the Pacific Campaign of World War II. The Imperial Japanese Army positions on the island were heavily fortified, with a vast network of bunkers, hidden artillery, and 18 km (11 mi) of underground tunnels. The Americans were covered by extensive naval and air...