Iwo Jima

[ ee-wuh jee-muh, ee-woh; Japanese ee-waw jee-mah ]

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one of the Volcano Islands, in the N Pacific, S of Japan: under U.S. administration after 1945; returned to Japan 1968.

Iwo Jima

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an island in the W Pacific, about 1100 km (700 miles) south of Japan: one of the Volcano Islands; scene of prolonged fighting between US and Japanese forces until taken by the US in 1945; returned to Japan in 1968. Area: 20 sq km (8 sq miles) Official Japanese nameIō-tō

Iwo Jima

An island in the Pacific Ocean , taken from the Japanese by United States Marines near the end of World War II after a furious battle.

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The battle has been immortalized by a famous photograph and a sculpture based on the photograph of half a dozen Marines raising the flag of the United States on a summit on Iwo Jima.

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“Everyone at the Defense Department loves Jackie Robinson, as well as the Navajo Code Talkers, the Tuskegee airmen, the Marines at Iwo Jima and so many others,” Ullyot stated.

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A World War II Navy veteran who witnessed the raising of the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima died while traveling to France to participate in an event commemorating D-Day, a veterans organization said.

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Ira Hayes, who helped raised the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima.

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He added that the new island, half a mile off the southern coast of the island of Iwo Jima, had already shrunk because its “crumbly” formation made it vulnerable to erosion.

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Three weeks ago, the view from Iwo Jima showed open ocean.

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