IWO JIMA
Easy Company started with 310 men. We suffered 75% casualties. Only 50 men boarded the ship after the battle. Seven officers went into the battle with me. Only one--me--walked off Iwo." . . . Captain Dave Severance, Easy Company Commander (the Flag Raising Company)
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"Flag raising on Iwo Jima." Joe Rosenthal, Associated Press, February 23, 1945. 80-G-413988.
WHY WAS IT THE BLOODIEST BATTLE OF WWII?
WAS THE BATTLE WORTH THE COST?
Lea (Kathe) Myrick
March 5, 2001