IWO JIMA
THIS CLIMACTIC BATTLE IN THE PACIFIC, NEAR THE END OF WW2, TOOK PLACE ON FEB. 19, 1945, AND RESULTED IN THE DEATHS OF 6,821 U.S. MARINES AND MORE THAN 20,000 JAPANESE. IWO JIMA IS AN ISLAND IN THE VOLCANO ISLANDS, A FEW HUNDRED MILES FROM JAPAN.

LARRY VISITED THE ISLAND IN MARCH, 2006, WITH STEPHEN AMBROSE HISTORICAL TOURS.
AIRPORT IN 2006
MISSPELLED MARINE CEMETERY MARKER
MEMORIAL FOR A FLAGRAISER
MARINE MEMORIAL
MEMORIAL WITH MARINE DOGTAGS
MARINE DOGTAGS
MT. SURIBACHI TOP CRATER
VIEW OF MARINE LANDING BEACH
AERIAL VIEW OF 1945 LANDINGS
VIEW TODAY OF MT. SURIBACHI
BEACHSIDE LOG SHOWING BULLET HOLES
LARRY ON LANDING BEACH NEAR MT. SURIBACHI
LANDING BEACH AND MT. SURIBACHI
JAPANESE DUGOUT AT MT. SURIBACHI
REMNANT OF JAPANESE MACHINE GUN
MARINES HOISTING THE FLAG
VISITORS AT TOP OF MT. SURIBACHI
VIEW OF LANDING BEACH FROM SURIBACHI
61ST ANNIVERSARY OF BATTLE CEREMONY
MARINE CEMETERY PLAQUE
CERTIFICATE GIVEN LARRY AS WW2 VET
GLASS TUBE CONTAINING BLACK SAND
FAMOUS JOE ROSENTHAL FLAGRAISING
JAPANESE GENERAL KURIBAYASHI
MMARINE GENERAL "HOWLIN' MAD" SMITH
FIRST FLAG RAISED ON SURIBACHI