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Part of World War II, Pacific War
The island of Iwo Jima is only 8 sq mi (21 sq km) in area, but when US forces attacked the Japanese air base there during WWII, it became the site of one of the most severe campaigns of the war. More than 21,000 Japanese troops and nearly 7,000 Americans died in the clashes. A photograph of US marines raising the American flag over Iwo Jima's Mt. Suribachi has since become one of the most famous images of the war. Iwo Jima was occupied by the US until it was returned to Japan in what year? Discuss...
Source: Battle of Iwo Jima Begins (1945) (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Battle+of+Iwo+Jima)