The name Iwo Jima means "Sulphur Island", it is an apt name. While most images of pacific islands are idyllic, peaceful, sunny and beautiful, Iwo Jima is a blackened slab of rock no more than 6km across, with a giant extinct volcano Mt. Su…
The name Iwo Jima means "Sulphur Island", it is an apt name. While most images of pacific islands are idyllic, peaceful, sunny and beautiful, Iwo Jima is a blackened slab of rock no more than 6km across, with a giant extinct volcano Mt. Suribachi. Throughout this volcano was dug a huge network of tunnels and fortifications, turning the mountain into a giant rabbit warren. It was often considered the place best fortified by man and by nature. When American forces landed on the Island mid 1945, there was no Saving Private Ryan style machine gun fire and shelling meeting the marines as they came shore, only an ear piercing silence. When the Americans began to set up camp on the beach, the order was given to open fire. Mt. Suribachi lit up like a deadly Christmas tree, machine guns firing from every direction, shells exploding around the marines as they made camp. One marine was quoted to have asked his superior "Hey sergeant, is this a bad battle." To which the sergeant replied "IT'S A FUCKING SLAUGHTER." The sergeant was blown to pieces by a mortar half a minute later.
The Japanese were outnumbered at least 10-1 with no chance of victory, but they held out for three days inflicting heavy casualties among the American forces before finally being defeated.
Lyric video for Civil war - Back to Iwo Jima
Footage is from Letters from Iwo Jima
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