The JimAnna Chronicles

***Please read the entry Iwo Jima: 1945 first*** Last week, I had the rare opportunity to visit a sleepy little island about halfway between Guam and Japan, called Iwo Jima. It was the site of a ferocious battle in World War II. Here is how we got there and back, the venerable C-130 transport aircraft: [...]

Iwo Jima. This is probably the image that comes to your mind when you think of that small island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean: Now, imagine this (the rest of the story): The date was 18 February 1945, D-Day to capture the critical island of Iwo Jima. This was the next island in [...]