To the Editor:
Some 70 years ago this month U.S. Marines, with support from the Navy and Army, defeated the Japanese defenders and captured the strategic Pacific island of Iwo Jima.
Iwo Jima was one of the bloodiest battles not only in the history of the U.S. Marine Corps but in the entire history of the U.S. military. By the time the last Japanese defenders were killed or surrendered, 5,900 Americans lay dead and another 17,400 were wounded.
March 4, 2015
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