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- 8:59a.m. 19 February 1945: U.S. Marines land on Iwo Jima.
- 9:15 a.m.: Japanese open fire.
- By the end of the first day 30,000 Marines were ashore.
- Over night about 200 Japanese infiltrate behind U.S. lines.
- 20 February: Kamikaze attack sinks U.S. ship and heavily damages another.
- 23 February: Flag raised on Mt. Suribachi.
- 16 March: Victory was declared.
- 17 March: 250 Japanese attack and kill 600 sleeping B-29 bomber pilots.
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