Iwo Jima (LPH 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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E USS IWO JlMA is named for the epicstruggle in February 1945 in which three divisions of the United States Marines wrested control of the tiny island of the same name from a brave, desperate, and determined band of Japanese defenders. In February 1945, the American forces in the Pacific were in a commanding position. The United States, by then, had recovered from the disastrous attack on Pearl Harbor to the point where routine air attacks on Japanese cities could be made by heavy bombers launched from the Marianas. The successful outcome of the war seemedljnevitable, but no one ever predicted that victory over the Japanese could be attained cheaply. , The island of Iwo Jima was a thorn in the sidefof the U.9:fheavy bomber crews. Japanese air attacks on the Mariana bases were launched from lwo. Also, the island based fighters attacked U,S. bombersgianroute to and from their raids on the Japanese homeland. An assault on Iwo Jima was therefore necessary to eliminate these attacks on theiibombersrand to provide a haven for damaged American aircraft returning from Japan. , g 1 - 1 ' 1 Amphibious forces of the U.S. Pacific Fidet' attacked tlfegfgrtressiiqf,-ilwoylima on 19 February 1945 with a formidable force totaling 495 ships, including 17 aircraftvicarriersr, DiBh6S,,l3nd on 23 February, a 40 man detachment of the 28th Marines scaled Mount Suribachi at Mind the and Stripes. Arpicture of the flag-raising on Mount Suribachi became the most famous photograpifdf td'in8piLQ4,yAm8ricqns ever since: V The battle for lwoiiiitftl lrvasifoughti finally' secured by U.S. Forces. ln the struggle 6,821 Americans and more than 29,009 Jamnen WIFI firfefjtiidgtesavagecandyicostlyibattle in the history of the Marine Corps, but the Marines could be proud. Aitlfleet Admiral Nlmitz Jima, Uncommon valoir jwas a common virtue. With theiendwof the fighting,the Amencanfabiemavewauchievsd. , - ' 1 1 if 'i Cf NVQ JIMA 7 v l '71 -4 r. 'N A lf 4. ,. mf' Q? . s r-Q if sr r , , ,J in 11 , xg: I l i ,l 'r ri g r