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By Paul Hilary
Special to the Rappahannock News
In early 1945, late in World War H, the Battle of Iwo Jima was the first American land assault on Imperial Japanese territory. Iwo Jima, a small island, was defended tenaciously by a well-entrenched enemy and tens of thousands died in the battle, one of the fiercest of the Pacific campaign.
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