The battle of Iwo Jima was one of the battles that I remember captivated me when I was around 8 years old.
It was legitimately Hell on Earth.
It also has some of the rawest and most riveting combat footage of almost any other battle in WW2 you will ever see, barring maybe the battle of Tarawa which has some insane footage.
raich3588 on
Thank you for taking the time to compile these amazing photos.
pwnsforyou on
first time seeing a photograph from inside a tank pushing on the front line in an active engagement with the enemy visible and in action
nice
TwoCrustyCorndogs on
Wild fight, and the photo op flag raising got a lot of people killed because the battle was far from over. An old guy I knew was permanently blinded and his friend vaporized on the way back, possibly by friendly artillery fire.
Better_Swing_4531 on
In several of those photographs of the 5th Marine Division sectors you can see former Paramarines (paratrooper Marines) wearing their jump boots on the island. The Paramarines were disbanded in Feb 1944 with the bulk of paramarines going to the 5thMarDiv in the spring and summer of 1944.
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The battle of Iwo Jima was one of the battles that I remember captivated me when I was around 8 years old.
It was legitimately Hell on Earth.
It also has some of the rawest and most riveting combat footage of almost any other battle in WW2 you will ever see, barring maybe the battle of Tarawa which has some insane footage.
Thank you for taking the time to compile these amazing photos.
first time seeing a photograph from inside a tank pushing on the front line in an active engagement with the enemy visible and in action
nice
Wild fight, and the photo op flag raising got a lot of people killed because the battle was far from over. An old guy I knew was permanently blinded and his friend vaporized on the way back, possibly by friendly artillery fire.
In several of those photographs of the 5th Marine Division sectors you can see former Paramarines (paratrooper Marines) wearing their jump boots on the island. The Paramarines were disbanded in Feb 1944 with the bulk of paramarines going to the 5thMarDiv in the spring and summer of 1944.