Sheltering in the rubble of a Japanese fortification, Marine casualties are given medical attention at an aid station in the cliffs near the East Boat Basin on the island of Iwo Jima, Central Pacific; February 26, 1945. 

Tending the wounded in the rubble

At the March 21, 1945 dedication of the 5th Marine Division cemetery on Iwo Jima, the cemetery flag is raised. The 5th Division had lost 1,500 men killed or wounded by the end of just the second day of fighting on the island. 

Hallowed Ground on Iwo JIma

A Marine tends to the grave of Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone, who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for actions at Guadacanal. He died while leading an assault at Iwo Jima island, Central Pacific; 1945.
   Mount Suribachi is visible in the background.