NEW Map Room has been added - View maps with zoom and pan capabilites. As I get them built, I will be adding more maps, both period and new maps

The Map Room .

NEW Beach Photos - Oblique photos of the landing beaches are now available. These photos have been provided by CWO4 George Green USMC (Retired)FO F/2/12

Iwo Jima Beach Photos .

NEW GOOGLE EARTH kml files for the battle for Iwo Jima. You will need Google Earth loaded on your computer, there is a link is on the kml page for this. Summaries are located at:

KML page .

I have another site with some additional information located at iwojimahistory.com

[Iwo Jima History] Here there is a searchable database of the dead from the battle. Please keep this window open while pages from other sites are being viewed, as I do not have a complete set of links coming back here on all pages. My appologies for the inconvenience. Ray

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The 3rd Marine Division on Iwo Jima

This e-book is the battle of Iwo Jima as described in the official records of the 3rd Marine Division. It is composed of the after action reports filed by the units of the Third Marine Division after the battle. It included battalion and regimental daily summaries of the 9th and 21st Marine Regiments along with the Division level daily summaries and war diary. It is the battle of Iwo Jima as described by the 3rd Marine Division. The introduction comes from CINCPAC CINCPOA Bulletin 135-45 offered above. Format PDF . Price $5.00 (Order this book from e-bookstand)

List of the Dead that I have compiled so far can be found at this link http://www.geocities.com/rbackstr2000/dead/dead.htm . Links to the regimental daily summaries are above this box organized by day and are also at the bottom of the list of dead. To view the Division level summaries use the link below.