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The Battle of Iwo Jima took place in February and March 1945 during World War II and was marked by some of the fiercest fighting of the war. The American invasion, known as Operation Detachment, was charged with capturing the airfields on Iwo Jima.
Ralph Anthony "Iggy" Ignatowski (April 8, 1926 – March 7, 1945) was a United States Marine Corps private who was captured and killed by the Japanese in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. He was a member of the Marine rifle company platoon who climbed to the top of Mount Suribachi and raised the American flag on February 23, 1945.
[61] By comparison, the much larger scale 82-day Battle of Okinawa lasting from early April until mid-June 1945 (involving five U.S. Army and two Marine Corps divisions) resulted in over 62,000 U.S. casualties, of whom over 12,000 were killed or missing. Iwo Jima was also the only U.S. Marine battle where the American casualties exceeded those ...
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John "Jack" Chevigny (1906–1945), Notre Dame football player (said, "that's one for the Gipper" in 1928 game) who was killed on Iwo Jima † Ralph Waldo Christie (1893–1987), Navy admiral involved with torpedo and submarine operations before and during World War II; Norman "Sailor Jerry" Collins (1911–1973), prominent Honolulu tattoo artist
René Arthur Gagnon (March 7, 1925 – October 12, 1979) was a United States Marine Corps corporal who participated in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II.. Gagnon was generally known as being one of the Marines who raised the second U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945, as depicted in the iconic photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima by photographer Joe Rosenthal.
Arne A. Fasinen was wounded three times in Italy, only to be killed in France. Robert Shaffer was killed in the Battle of Iwo Jima, Japan. Remembering World War II Heroes: Hubbardston men killed ...
Michael Strank (1919–1945), one of the six US marines immortalized in Joe Rosenthal's iconic photo Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima; killed in action just days after the photo was taken. Leroy Suddath (1931–2020), major general