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for every marine that was on there.
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By February of 1945,
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U.S. Forces were converging on a tiny island
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only 660 miles from the Japanese mainland.
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Iwo Jima--
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Eight square miles of volcanic rock and Ash.
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But it held an airfield vital
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to the planned invasion of mainland Japan.
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We knew as marines if we landed on that island
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that if we didn't get killed we could win that war.
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But I was scared, yes.
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To be perfectly honest about it, everybody was.