Iwo Jima (disambiguation)

Iwo Jima may refer to:

Places

  • Iwo Jima, a volcanic island in Japan's Ogasawara Islands chain, now officially called Iōtō in Japanese, that was the scene of the Battle of Iwo Jima (see below) in World War II. Today it belongs to Tokyo, Japan.
  • Iōjima, Kagoshima, another volcanic island, also known as Satsuma Iōjima and located in the Satsunan Shotō, an island group south of Kyūshū, Japan.
  • Iōjima, Nagasaki, a former town in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.

Events

Books

  • Iwo Jima: Legacy of Valor, 1986 book by Bill Ross
  • Iwo Jima: Portrait of a Battle: United States Marines at War in the Pacific, 2006 book by Eric Hammel
  • Flags Of Our Fathers, 2000 book by James Bradly and Ron Powers

Movies & other media

Military equipment

See also

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