Iwo Jima

[ ee-wuh jee-muh, ee-woh; Japanese ee-waw jee-mah ]

noun

1. one of the Volcano Islands, in the N Pacific, S of Japan: under U.S. administration after 1945; returned to Japan 1968.

Iwo Jima

/ ˈdʒiːmə /

noun

1. an island in the W Pacific, about 1100 km (700 miles) south of Japan: one of the Volcano Islands; scene of prolonged fighting between US and Japanese forces until taken by the US in 1945; returned to Japan in 1968. Area: 20 sq km (8 sq miles) Official Japanese nameIō-tō

Iwo Jima

1. An island in the Pacific Ocean , taken from the Japanese by United States Marines near the end of World War II after a furious battle.

Notes

The battle has been immortalized by a famous photograph and a sculpture based on the photograph of half a dozen Marines raising the flag of the United States on a summit on Iwo Jima.

Example Sentences

His true love, he claimed, was Jimmie Trimble, a boy he had known at prep school who died fighting at the Battle of Iwo Jima.

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In February of 1945, Trimble shipped out with the invasion force for Iwo Jima.

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The fight for Iwo Jima in Part 8, co-directed by David Nutter and Jeremy Podeswa, is fought on black sands and volcanic ash.

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"Flags of Our Fathers" and "Letters from Iwo Jima" lost money.

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