The Battle of Iwo Jima concludes: after five weeks of fighting, fleet admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Sr. commanding the pacific fleet of the navy of the United states, defeats the 109th Division of the Army of the Empire of Japan, commanded by General Tadamichi Kuribayashi. .
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 361.
Battle of Iwo Jima – Wikipedia
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