Jima Quotes
- Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue. — Chester W. Nimitz
- No other island received as much preliminary pounding as did Iwo Jima. — Chester W. Nimitz
- A story went the rounds about a San Franciscan white matron who refused to sit beside a Negro civilian on the streetcar, even after he… — Maya Angelou
- I wish black people had a flag they could put into the ground, like when the troops stormed Iwo Jima. — J. B. Smoove
- The only black battalion on Iwo Jima was a small munitions supply unit that came to the beach. — Clint Eastwood
- Of the Marines on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue. — Chester W Nimitz