IWO JIMA once again ...

[Mark Allen M]

... it's that time of year again to take a few seconds away from admiring the pretty airplanes and remember a time long ago when life was a living h*ll for many veterans. God bless them all.

[Mark Allen M]

[Mark Allen M]

Photos from roughly 10 years later (c 1955)

[Mark Allen M]

[Pat Carry]

I love anything related to Iwo. Thanks Mark

[Mark Allen M]

VT 32 bombing diagram June 15, 1944.

[Mark Allen M]

Central Field, Iwo Jima April 1945


South Field Iwo Jima April 1945

[AG pilot]

Fantastic images!

[Michel Lemieux]

Some pretty intense picture here Mark.....

Tks for sharing with us.

As always truly appreciated

[Pat Carry]

amazing how such a small piece of land could be the scene of so much death and destruction

[wendovertom]

I guess a strange thought - how did they get the dirt on the graves so uniform? It seems like they must of had some sort of mold to do that.

Mark, great photos - we must never forget!

Tom P.

[Richard W.]

Look at the picture that shows the graves from behind.

It seems as if the mounds are hollow, and there's canvas (?) draped over them.

Anyone know why they did that? Something to do with preventing the rain from washing the sand off the graves, maybe?

[maxum96]

Thanks for sharing. Now I know where Basilone Rd. at Camp Pendleton (located in northern San Diego County) comes from. I've driven past it thousands of times.