The Battle of Iwo Jima was the American capture of the island of Iwo
Jima from the Japanese during the Pacific Campaign of World War II.
Ground fighting on the island lasted from the landings of February 19 to
a final Japanese charge the morning of March 26, 1945. The U.S.
invasion, known as Operation Detachment, was charged with the mission of
capturing the airfields on Iwo Jima.
On the night of March 25, a 300-man Japanese force launched a final
counterattack in the vicinity of Airfield Number 2. Army pilots, Seabees
and Marines of the 5th Pioneer Battalion and 28th Marines fought the
Japanese force until morning but suffered heavy casualties—more than 100
were killed and another 200 Americans were wounded. The island was
officially declared "secured" the following day.
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