Transcript Iwo Jima - Indiana Area School District

Iwo Jima
Flag raised on Mt. Suribachi February 23rd.
1. The assault began with shelling of the island from ships at sea.
2. Next, 120 planes strafe the island with napalm and gunfire.
3. 60,000 Marines conduct amphibious landing on island.
Japanese used kamikaze attacks on offshore ships.
1. Japanese were hidden in
underground tunnels &
caves.
2. Japanese told not to
surrender.
3. Marines lured into pill
box nests and fired upon.
•Flamethrowers and grenades used
to clear tunnels.
•Japanese lost 21,570 men.
•6,821 U.S. Marine KIA.
•Battle raged for 36 days.
•Valued as an airstrip 625 miles
southwest of Tokyo.
•Convinced the U.S. that an
invasion of the mainland would not
be easy.
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima is
a historic photograph taken on
February 23, 1945, by Joe
Rosenthal.
It depicts five United States
Marines and a U.S. Navy
corpsman raising the flag of
the United States atop Mount
Suribachi during the Battle of
Iwo Jima in World War II.
1945 Over 137 million sold
The photograph was extremely
popular, being reprinted in
thousands of publications and
winning the Pulitzer Prize for
photography.
It came to be regarded in the
United States as one of the most
significant and recognizable
images of the war.
Of the six men depicted in the
picture, three:
1. Franklin Sousley
2. Harlon Block
3. Michael Strank
were killed during the battle;
the three survivors:
1. John Bradley
2. Rene Gagnon
3. Ira Hayes
became celebrities upon their
identification in the photo.