FEBRUARY 2010
National Museum of the Marine Corps: New Year, New Galleries: Museum prepares for 65th Anniversary of Battle of Iwo Jima Read.
The First Flag Raising Atop Mount Suribachi, Feb. 23, 1945
(Courtesy of Leatherneck Magazine)
Photos from the Marine Corps Gazette's archives
Iwo Jima Article Archive
Originally published February 1995 - From Leatherneck: Iwo Jima: "Hell With The Fire Out"
by Col Joseph H Alexander, USMC(Ret)
Seventy-two thousand U.S. Marines assaulted heavily fortified Iwo Jima in February 1945 as the spearhead of a veteran amphibious force at the peak of its lethality. In 36 days of fighting against a disciplined enemy, the Marines achieved total victory, attained all strategic objectives, destroyed a reinforced Japanese division and contributed significantly to the nation's military heritage....
Originally published February 1995 - Iwo's Legacy
by Eric L. Chase
A Marine pays tribute to those Marines-including his father-who went before him into a battle that will forever be remembered in the Corps' history....
Originally published March 2003 - Night Patrol on Iwo Jima
by Dave E. Severance
The fog of battle never seems to lift. Marines from Company E, 2d Battalion, 28th Marines (2/28) raised both flags on Iwo Jima. The harrowing story doesn't end there. The commanding officer and his company of Marines were still fighting the Japanese on D+31, over a month into the fight. Watch for task organization in battle as the author takes us on the night patrol at Iwo....
Originally published March 2003 - Night Action on Iwo Jima
by James G. Shriver
In combat very few individuals have the 'big picture.' Most Marines engaged in combat action, from Iwo Jima in 1945 to Iraq in 2003, know only what is taking place right in front of them. In this eighth in our 'Sting of Battle' series, we see another account of confusion in the night on Iwo Jima....
Originally published February 1990 - From Leatherneck: Iwo Jima: A Surgeon's Story
by Ross W. Simpson
Seventy-two thousand U.S. Marines assaulted heavily fortified Iwo Jima in February 1945 as the spearhead of a veteran amphibious force at the peak of its lethality. In 36 days of fighting against a disciplined enemy, the Marines achieved total victory, attained all strategic objectives, destroyed a reinforced Japanese division and contributed significantly to the nation's military heritage....
Originally published February 1995 - Heroes of Iwo Jima
by Alice T. Clark & Robert D. Eldridge
Tales of heroism on the volcanic island of Iwo Jima are preserved in the handwritten notes of a regiment's dental officer....
