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6821 Americans died, but none of them were soldiers. Soldiers belong to the Army, and it was the US Marines who took Iwo Jima. So all the casualties were Marines, or medics serving with the Marines, who are US Navy Corpsmen. There were also 19,217 US wounded.

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5,885 Marines 433 Navy 8 ARMy TOTAL KILLED, U.S.-- 6,326 TOTAL KILLED, Japan -- between 20,000 and 21,000

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Who were the enemys in the battle of iwo jima?

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When was Iwo Jima fought?

The battle for Iwo Jima was fought between February 19th to March 26th, 1945.


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Why was the Iwo Jima memorial built?

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