Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
Military Intelligence Service veteran recalls his experience of landing at Iwo Jima and the brutal reality of the end of the war for the Japanese on the island. He remembers how the US military "flushed" the caves by setting off bombs in order to close them, after trying to coax the remaining Japanese out.
Military Intelligence Service veteran recalls his experience of landing at Iwo Jima and the brutal reality of the end of the war for the Japanese on the island. He remembers how the US military "flushed" the caves by setting off bombs in order to close them, after trying to coax the remaining Japanese out.








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