Real WWII Action Photos Battle of Iwa Jima; Public Domain Images
The WWII battle to take the Japanese Island Iwo Jima (US Operation Displacement) from the heavily entranced and fortified hard fighting Japanese Army was one of the Marines greatest and bloodiest battles in the Pacific Theater. It is the only battle that the US casualties exceeded the Japanese casualties; 1/3 of all the Marines killed in the Pacific died at Iwo Jima and most of the Japanese soldiers fought to their deaths: We should always remember and honor the fierce fighting and great sacrifices of those patriotic US
a troops who fought in the battle to secure Iwo Jima; it was the beginning of the end of WWII for the Empire of Japan. Occupying Iwo Jima with it's three landing strips allowed allied forces to bomb Tokyo Japan which was only a little over 600 miles to the North and eventually pound the Japanese into submission.
On April 7, 1945, for the first time in World War II land based fighters planes (100) escorted Boeing B-29's (200) on a bombing raid of industrial Tokyo Japan. In the photo above of the base on Iwo Jima on the day after the raid, Boeing B-29's, North American P-51's and Northrop P-6l's are parked along Number #1 strip on Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Mt. Suribachi may be seen in the background.
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Free World War Two Vintage Photographs: Rare Vintage WWII Battle Iwo Jima Photos; Copyright Free Public Domain Vintage WWII Iwo Jima Pictures; a collection of vintage copyright free photos from 1945; WWII weapons photographs with US Marines, Navy and Army in battle action, WWII aircraft, airplanes, soldiers landing on the beach battling from fox holes and trenches up to finally put the American Flag on the top of Mount Suribachi Iwo Jima; some colored pictures but mostly black and white copyright free public domain vintage WWII Iwo Jima battle and weapons photograph pictures.
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