iwo jima

Iwo Jima (硫黄島, "Sulfur Island") is a Japanese volcanic island located south of the Bonin islands. Currently adminstated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Now officially known as "Ioto" in Japan.

Best known as the site of the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II.

See also

• Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
• Mount Suribachi
• General Kuribayashi Tadamichi
• Lieutenant Colonel Baron Nishi Takeichi
• Letters From Iwo Jima
• Flags of Our Fathers
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