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brookdale_chick commented on the word iwo jima
Ahhh....
a war related word...
yay!
anyway...
was landed on the 19th of febuary...
1945....
Was landed by the US Naval corps...
that's about all i know off the top of my heaad...
wait!
it took two battalions two days to reach the other side of the island, the bn's were heavily reduced... one from a couple of 100 to 5, the other to 3.
uuhhh.....
The bn's managed to secure the islands two airstrips within 6 days of arriving and forced much of the japaneese resistance into hiding...
July 28, 2008