Map Of Iwo Jima
Quotes
"The battle of Iwo Island has been won. The United States Marines by their individual and collective courage have conquered a base which is as necessary to us in our continuing forward movement toward final victory as it was vital to the enemy in staving off ultimate defeat.
By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the Americans who served on Iwo Island, uncommon valor was a common virtue."
http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/battleiwojima.htm
--Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the Americans who served on Iwo Island, uncommon valor was a common virtue."
http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/battleiwojima.htm
--Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
“In time of crisis will I lift up a man, and a man is lifted up; then two, then a score. … Each Marine is able to carry out the mission in the sector that he findshimself. … Spontaneity of effort replaces chaos, confusion gives way toachievement.”
--U.S. Marine General Holland M. Smith,former commanding general – fleet Marine force, Pacific area
http://www.scribd.com/doc/16619205/Quotes-History-of-the-Marine-Corps-General-Holland-M-Smith
--U.S. Marine General Holland M. Smith,former commanding general – fleet Marine force, Pacific area
http://www.scribd.com/doc/16619205/Quotes-History-of-the-Marine-Corps-General-Holland-M-Smith