I find it incredible that modern society remembers Iwo Jima because of the famous photo, and not of the fact that it was the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps History, that more Medals of Honor were awarded during the battle than in any other battle in US history, and that the casualty rate during the first 48 hous outdid Normandy and anywhere else that was landed during WWII.

I'm not saying you're one of these people, but I just find it kind of funny how people can look at that photograph and know what it is, yet then do not know the backround of the actual battle. The recent Iwo Jima films were a huge wakeup to the American public about this.

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