IWO JIMA once again ...

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7827

... 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 · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7827

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7827

Photos from roughly 10 years later (c 1955)

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7827

Pat Carry · **Posted:** Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:08 pm

I love anything related to Iwo. Thanks Mark

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7827

VT 32 bombing diagram June 15, 1944.

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7827

Central Field, Iwo Jima April 1945

South Field Iwo Jima April 1945

AG pilot · **Joined:** Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:13 am **Posts:** 553

Fantastic images!

Michel Lemieux · **Posted:** Sun Feb 28, 2016 10:07 am

Some pretty intense picture here Mark.....

Tks for sharing with us.

As always truly appreciated :drink3:

Pat Carry · **Posted:** Mon Feb 29, 2016 10:17 pm

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

wendovertom · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2016 9:47 am

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. · **Posted:** Thu Mar 03, 2016 11:44 am

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 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 10, 2016 11:27 am

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.

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