TY - BOOK AU - WRIGHT Derrick TI - Iwo Jima 1945: the Marines raise the flag on Mount Suribachi SN - 1841761788 (pbk.): PY - 2001/// CY - Oxford, UK PB - Osprey Publishing KW - IWO JIMA KW - SECOND WORLD WAR KW - PACIFIC THEATRE N2 - Iwo Jima occuppied a unique strategic location for B29 bombers half way between the Marianas Islands and mainland Japan. To wrest it from Japanese control the U.S. Marine Corps undertook "the most savage and most costly battle" in its history ER -