Battalion Quote by Clint Eastwood

For Marines like myself, Iwo Jima represents heroic sacrifice and bravery.

— Ruben Gallego

Of the Marines on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue.

— Anonymous

“By the beginning of March, enough of Iwo Jima was controlled that landings and take-offs could be maintained without fear of suicide attacks, and…

— Charles River Editors

“The island would be bombarded for over 70 days ahead of the actual amphibious invasion of Iwo Jima, which would not occur until over…

— Charles River Editors

“they had to deal with heavy artillery being fired at them by well-hidden units. The Japanese would open the steel doors to let their…

— Charles River Editors

“The battle of Iwo Jima would quickly turn into a primitive contest of gladiators: Japanese gladiators fighting from caves and tunnels like the catacombs…

— James Bradley

“It would be forty-four years before physicist Donald Olson would discover that D-Day at Tarawa occurred during one of only two days in 1943…

— James Bradley

Spread the gospel that the Marine Corps is a force that has changed. We're not in 1942 anymore.

— James F. Amos

Blackwater was smuggling weapons into Iraq.

— John Doe

“February 23rd would go down as perhaps the most auspicious day in the overall invasion of Iwo Jima, as it was on this day…

— Charles River Editors

Yes, Marines are down in jungle land and they did kill a man in a war, and a great many people did not know…

— Earl Hancock Ellis

They fought on with a devotion which would puzzle the generation of the 1980s. More surprising, in many instances it would have baffled the…

— William Manchester