Iwo Jima: The Marines Hell on Earth

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  @HistoryWithStakuyi · 6 months ago · pinned

  My friends for those of you wondering the link for the watch is there and working i also have it here <a href="https://tinyurl.com/bdc6xhtm">https://tinyurl.com/bdc6xhtm</a>

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  @Darthkenny2 · 7 months ago

  Man, we need you back on the unsubscribe podcast. Hearing you and Nick talk about this would be awesome

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  @mitchellseibel2859 · 6 months ago

  Jesus you know the worlds too damn stressful when you listen to an Iwo Jima doc. as a way to destress.

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  @Erzas_Art_Atelier · 3 months ago

  My grandpa was a gunner on an LST. He saw both flags. He had this awesome GI Joe set of the flag raising.

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  @glowstickofdestiny1290 · 7 months ago

  To put the sheer brutality of this battle into perspective, I recall Don Graves saying that the average expected lifespan of a flamethrower operator at Iwo Jima was about 4 minutes.

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  @Burkholder1994 · 7 months ago

  My friend&apos;s great uncle was one of the flag raisers for the first flag raising. <br> The first flag raising was silenced heavily, he was called a liar for decades. <br>RIP Charles W. Lindberg 1920-2007

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  @marco117sw · 6 months ago

  Many forget that the Battle of Iwo Jima was not simply a ground battle. It was also a naval battle, though limited in scope. The last carrier (USS Bismark Sea) to ever sink in the Pacific theater was off the shores of Iwo Jima, destroyed by Kamikaze pilots. Two additional ships suffered heavy casualties from Japanese coastal batteries (USS Pensacola and USS Terry, respectively) including several smaller vessels. Even the predecessors of the Navy SEALs (at the time called UDTs or Frogmen) took heavy casualties during their mission prior to the main assault.

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  @the_evilredneck3272 · 2 weeks ago

  Great video. Watching had me going through a range of emotions. Also, I was awarded one of those purple hearts in 2017. The General who awarded it to me had a whole film crew with him, and told the story of the origin of that purple heart. Wish I could find those pictures, but I was in a hospital bed, heavily medicated, about to go into surgery. I lost the card the photographer gave me. To all the Marines, Airmen, and Navy personnel who gave literally their all, and those that lived on carrying those physical and mental scars, thank you for your sacrifice, brothers. Rest easy, your job was done valiantly. 🇺🇸

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  @BryanRombot-sx3pf · 5 months ago

  One notable Japanese combatant in the Battle of Iwo Jima was Colonel Takeichi Nishi, of the 26th Tank Regiment of the IJA. His illegitimate father was Baron Tokujiro Nishi (a Japanese aristocrat and government official). He was an equestrian rider who owned a personal horse, Uranus, which he personally bought while he was in Italy. Nishi and Uranus would participate in equestrian riding matches throughout Europe and would participate in the equestrian matches in the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Nishi won the gold medal in the equestrian match. He would lead the 26th Tank Regiment in the Battle of Iwo Jima (the tanks were dug in fortified emplacements). Baron Nishi would die on or around March 21st or March 22nd (circumstances vary as to how he died). He was identified by his signature Hermes riding boots. His horse, Uranus, would die a week later after him. Uranus&apos; grave was destroyed when US bombers struck the Army Cavalry School in Tsudanuma, Uranus is now honored at the War Horse Memorial at the History and Folklore Museum in Honbetsu, Hokkaido. There is a memorial plaque on Iwo Jima near where Baron Nishi fell. His 1932 Summer Olympics gold medal is on display at the Chichibunomiya Memorial Sports Museum in Funabashi. Baron Nishi&apos;s riding crop is now in the possession of his family.

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  @BryanRombot-sx3pf · 5 months ago

  One witness to both Flag Raisings was Marine Private Ralph &quot;Iggy&quot; Ignatowski, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Ralph Ignatowski was responsible for securing the flagpoles needed for the flags on February 23rd, 1945. Eventually, Ralph Ignatowski was kidnapped on March 4th, 1945, by Japanese forces. Private Ignatowski would be subjected to torture by his Japanese captors, was killed, and was eventually mutilated by them. Marines would eventually recover Ignatowski&apos;s remains on March 7th, 1945. He would initially be laid to rest at the Fifth Marine&apos;s cemetery on Iwo Jima, but in 1949, Ignatowski&apos;s remains were exhumed and reinterred at the Rock Island National Cemetery in Illinois. Ignatowski was a close friend of Navy Corpsman John &quot;Doc&quot; Bradley (who as of 2016 has been confirmed to be not one of the flag-raisers).

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  @Adamemnon1806 · 7 months ago

  I got to go to Iwo Jima once, holy shit is it depressing. It&apos;s literally a rock in the Pacific with a hill and enough room for a landing strip. Incredible to think how many people died fighting over it.

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  @therougechipmunk8058 · 7 months ago

  Letters from Iwo Jima. Great WW2 movie about the battle of Iwo Jima but from the Japanese&apos;s perspective, its a freaking great movie

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