Marine of US 1st Marine Division comforting a fellow Marine who had just witnessed the death of a friend, Okinawa, Japan, May 1945taken from fb/Warhistory online

Too much sorrow to bear alone

First wave of landing crafts with US Marines heading for the assault beaches of Iwo Jima. Mount Suribachi is in the view on the left, from which murderous Japanese fire awaits them; February 19, 1945.

Iwo Jima under seaborne assault

US Marine Corps Colonel William W. Ashurst arrives for negotiations to surrender to Japanese Forces in Beijing, China.
   After the outbreak of war with Japan, US Marines guarding the American embassy in the city, along with a number of sailors, including himself, were taken captive on December 8, 1941. They were held in prisoner of war camp until June 1945.