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  2. Iwo Jima - Wikipedia

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    Iwo Jima has a history of minor volcanic activity a few times per year (fumaroles, and their resultant discolored patches of seawater nearby). [20] In November 2015 Iwo Jima was placed first in a list of ten dangerous volcanoes, with volcanologists saying there was a one in three chance of a large eruption from one of the ten this century.

  3. Mount Suribachi - Wikipedia

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    For the United States, Iwo Jima was an important strategic point between the United States and mainland Japan, needed for its close proximity to Japan as an airstrip for supporting aircraft in Japanese mainland bombing operations but became useful for damaged B-29s returning to the Mariana Islands from bombing Japan, a status that resulted in ...

  4. North Iwo Jima - Wikipedia

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    Map of North Iwo jima. The island consists of the heavily eroded peak of an active stratovolcano, which rises 792 meters (2,598 ft) above sea level (804 meters (2,638 ft) according to other sources). Having a volume of 3,338 cubic kilometers (801 cubic miles), [5] it is the largest volcano in Japan by volume. [6]

  5. A New Island Has Suddenly Appeared Near Japan—But It ... - AOL

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    A 16-day undersea volcano eruption resulted in a new above-water island near Iwo Jima, Japan. It may be short-lived. A New Island Has Suddenly Appeared Near Japan—But It Might Vanish Soon

  6. Iōjima, Tokyo - Wikipedia

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    It existed from 1923 when the Ogasawara islands were organized into modern municipalities to 1952 when mainland Tokyo returned to Japanese sovereignty and Iwo Jima was put under US military administration. When the island was returned to Japan in 1968 it became part of the village of Ogasawara, Tokyo.

  7. South Field (Iwo Jima) - Wikipedia

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    4 March 1945: Dinah Might was the first B-29 to make an emergency landing on Iwo Jima. Greeted by a thousand Marines and Seebees, she was repaired, refueled and flown out of South Field while the fighting was still going on. The airfield became a battlefield during the Battle of Iwo Jima. It was put into action by the Americans as the battle ...

  8. Battle of Iwo Jima - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Navy (USN) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II.

  9. Japanese holdout - Wikipedia

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    Iwo Jima Yamakage Kufuku and Matsudo Linsoki, two Imperial Japanese Navy machine gunners, surrendered on Iwo Jima . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] While the original news article did not correctly report their names, their correct names became known when they co-wrote a book in 1968 of their experiences under the names Rikio Matsudo ( 松戸利喜夫 ) and ...