A Douglas R4D transport plane (center) loads wounded Marines on Iwo Jima’s South Airfield, for evacuation to a Navy hospital on Guam; March 1945.
   Mount Suribachi is visible on the left.

South Airfield with transport planes

Private Ahrens was found dead after killing several Japanese in hand to hand combat. His last words were that the Enemy must not have known he was a United States Marine. He was Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor!

Edward Ahrens

On one of the Pacific islands, a Marine "gropes" a Japanese soldier. The "groping" consisted of pricking with the bayonet the possibly dead Japanese. This was done to find out if he was really dead or faking it, as this was a technique used by the Japanese to later immolate themselves. If you look at the tip of the bayonet, you will see that it is darkened, it is blood, which shows that this Marine has already pricked other soldiers.
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