History of the United States II / Unit 12 USH2 1698 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Iwo Jima and Okinawa
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The idea
In nineteen forty-five American forces took Iwo Jima and then Okinawa, where the fighting began in April.
In practice
Marines on Iwo Jima's volcanic sand under fire from Mount Suribachi, as the anchor's photograph shows.
Where people slip
The Yawp records eighty days of fighting and tens of thousands of casualties on Okinawa. The mainland of Japan lay open.
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