Photos: Iwo Jima invasion anniversary

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The Pacific War, 1945. American Marines With Japanese Flags At Iwo Jima JAPAN - FEBRUARY 01: After February 1945, date when the island of Iwo Jima was taken by the Americans during the Pacific War, American marines show the Japanese flags which they took from the enemy when they conquered the island. Since February 23, 1945, American soldiers were involved in a fierce battle to capture the island which was an ideal trampoline from which to launch B-29 bomber raids against Japan. During the war, this island was one of the Japanese air bases. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) (Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

Marine Advancement On Iwo Jima (Original Caption) Marines advance from the beach on Iwo Jima toward the airstrip and were bitterly contested by Japanese fighters hidden in Caves. Picture shows two privates with using flame-throwers at the defenses that are blocking the way to MT. Suribachi. Left to right: PVT. Richard Klatt, and PF. W. Woegeli. Undated photo circa 1940s. (Bettmann/Bettmann Archive)

February 19, 2020 at 7:09 am EST

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