Iwo Jima

26:17 | Released 1952

Producer: Adams, M. Clay
Produced for NBC

Related to: Victory at Sea

In 1945, U.S. troops invaded Iwo Jima to capture its airfields. This ferocious 35-day battle against the Japanese and the eventual raising of the American flag on Mount Suribachi are chronicled in this episode. “Victory at Sea” aired in the 1950s.

Genre(s): documentary
Subject(s): World War II, naval combat

Contributors:
Writer: Hanser, Richard
Writer: Saloman, Henry

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