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Feb. 19, 2020

Battles Like Iwo Jima Must Never Happen Again, Milley Says

Seventy-five years ago today, about 70,000 Marines and sailors, backed up by about 400 ships, made the assault landings on Iwo Jima, a Pacific island that is only several square miles in size. It was the bloodiest campaign in American history per square mile, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.