Where do you THINK it was fought
Iwo Jima was fought by the United States and Japan
The battle for Iwo Jima was fought between February 19th to March 26th, 1945.
Almost all of the Japanese fought to their deaths (apex)
American Marines (God bless them) and Japanese troops.
70,000 US servicemen and 22,000 Japanese soldiers fought on Iwo Jima. All the Japanese died and 26,000 Marines died.
WW2, the US Marines retake this island from the Japanese.
the settings are Bougainville, where the marines trained, and Iwo Jima, where the battle was fought
The battle of Iwo Jima was a battle between the Americans, and the Japanese on the Pacific Island of Iwo Jima. The U.S. tried to capture the island as a base. A famous picture was taken there of 5 American soldiers raising an American flag on the island.
On the island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific..........................WW2
U S Marines fought against the Japanese : the US vs Japan .
"The Battle of Iwo Jima was fought by the United States of America and the Empire of Japan in February and March 1945, during the Pacific Campaign of World War II. The U.S. invasion, known as Operation Detachment, was aimed at capturing the airfields on Iwo Jima." February 19-23, 1945 was the main battle.
Ira Hayes , as a US Marine , fought in the Pacific Theater of War . He was one of the flag raisers at Mount Suribachi , Iwo Jima .