On 19 February 1945, the 5th Marine Amphibious Corps (consisting of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Marine Divisions) landed on Iwo Jima (Sulphur Island). When the battle was over, 6821 American Marines, Sailors, and Soldiers , along with an estimated 20,000+ Japanese defenders had died. This was Americas first landing on what was considered traditional Japanese territory. It was the beginning of the end. In the following pages and ebooks, I hope to bring this battle to the reader, at a level of detail and scope I have not yet seen. This is the battle of IwoJima as described by the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Marine Divisions.
We are now offering a selection of Iwo Jima related books through Amazon.com Please visit
The Iwo Jima Book Store at Amazon.com
Map Room has been added - View maps with zoom and pan capabilites. As I get them built, I will be adding more maps, both period and new maps
Beach Photos - Oblique photos of the landing beaches are now available. These photos have been provided by CWO4 George Green USMC (Retired)FO F/2/12
GOOGLE EARTH kml files for the battle for Iwo Jima. You will need Google Earth loaded on your computer, there is a link is on the kml page for this. Summaries are located at:
KML page
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I have another site with some additional information located at iwojimahistory.com [Iwo Jima History] Here there is a searchable database of the dead from the battle. Please keep this window open while pages from other sites are being viewed.
Ray
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The 3rd
Marine Division on Iwo Jima
This e-book is the
battle of Iwo Jima as described in the official records of the 3rd Marine
Division. It is composed of the after action reports filed by the
units of the Third Marine Division after the battle. It included
battalion and regimental daily summaries of the 9th and 21st Marine Regiments
along with the Division level daily summaries and war diary. It is
the battle of Iwo Jima as described by the 3rd Marine Division. The
introduction comes from CINCPAC CINCPOA Bulletin 135-45 offered above.
Format PDF . Price $5.00 (Order
this book from e-bookstand)
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List of the Dead that I have compiled so far
can be found at this link . Links to the regimental daily summaries are above this box organized by day and are also at the bottom of the list of dead. To view the Division level summaries use the link below.
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Map and CD-ROM ordering Information
3rd
MarDiv on Iwo Jima
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MarDiv on Iwo Jima
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MarDiv on Iwo Jima
Iwo
Jima Medals of Honor recipients
Books
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2010 Raymond C Backstrom All Rights reserved
Pages updated 28 April2010
E-mail rbackstr2000@yahoo.com
