Feb/Mar 1945.
Iwo Jima '45.
US Marines .
Iwo Jima and Okinawa were captured in early 1945.
Japanese versus US Marines .
US Marines landed on the Japanese held island of Iwo Jima February 19 - March 26, 1945 .
The Marines raised the US flag on the top of Mt Suribachi in the Battle for Iwo Jima.
70,000 US Marines
The American flag was raised atop Mount Suribachi, on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima, on February 23, 1945.
It depicts the raising of the US flag on Mt. Suribachi, the highest point on Iwo Jima, during the battle to capture the island from Japan near the end of WW2. It is seen as a memorial to the Marines who died there.
70,000 US servicemen and 22,000 Japanese soldiers fought on Iwo Jima. All the Japanese died and 26,000 Marines died.
Mount Surabachi
WW2, the US Marines retake this island from the Japanese.