These are the stats on the Battle of Iwo Jima gleaned from the Wki Encyclopedia and other places.
6,822 Allied Forces Deaths
19,217 Allied Forces wounded
USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95), sunk 21 February 1945, 318 crewmen lost
11,000+ dead Japanese Figures
216 captured Japanese Figures
about 180 texan soilders died at the about 180 texan soilders died at the
58,226 soilders
258,000.94,000 died in battle and 164,000 died of disease.
To honor all Marines that died in battle especially the battle of Iwo Jima
over 1000 thousand soilders.
all together about ten thusand men died on d-day
There are about 5 million soilders
Ohio sacrificed 3,092 men in the war.
Lee lost 28,000 - Meade lost 23,000
on day 1 - 507 british soilders were killedon day 2 - 4899 canadian soilders were injured but none killedon day 3 - 2422 american soilders were killed .
It's airfield was needed.
more than 8 million soilders died and 20 million more were wounded