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To: SunkenCiv

The last Japanese soldiers to surrender on Iwo Jima did so on January 6, 1949, nearly four full years after the start of the battle and 3 1/2 years after the war ended.


2 posted on 03/26/2023 9:12:24 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Gov't declaring misinformation is tyranny: “Who determines what false information is?” )
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To: Alas Babylon!
My Dad was at Saipan and Iwo Jima.

U.S. Army - how's that for a surprise?

He was a specialist Sergeant who constructed and manned battle field radar units - went ashore on D+1 at both battles.

He was training with new radar equipment in Hawaii for the invasion of Japan when the War ended.

He was big fan of the atomic bomb!

8 posted on 03/26/2023 9:31:28 AM PDT by zeestephen (43,000)
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To: Alas Babylon!

I wonder where they got food and water?


16 posted on 03/26/2023 10:04:12 AM PDT by rdl6989 ( )
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To: Alas Babylon!

Wasn’t that just 2 guys? You make it sound like a military operation.


22 posted on 03/26/2023 11:32:28 AM PDT by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: Alas Babylon!

The last Japanese soldiers to surrender on Iwo Jima did so on January 6, 1949, nearly four full years after the start of the battle and 3 1/2 years after the war ended.


True. 863 Japanese soldiers and sailors were eventually captured or surrendered.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFj_JAp-4MI


25 posted on 03/26/2023 12:37:38 PM PDT by chrisinoc
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To: Alas Babylon!

FWIW, I liked it. :^)


26 posted on 03/26/2023 12:49:30 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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