"Concentrated Japanese fire knocked out most of the few tanks able to land. Land mines disabled the others."
AFTER THE BATTLE, nr. 84.
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LSM 216: tried 4times to land-first tank unloaded bogged down blocking the others-"Seabees"=Navy Engineers: "suffered 269 casualties"-"In all, over 13 700 casualties had been evacuated by the battle's end."-"For three gruelling days, Marines fought for the control of Mount Suribachi. Finally, on the fourth day and at a cost of 900 dead and wounded, elements of the attcking 28th Marine Regiment managed to secure the top of the volcano and raise a small American flag. But the fall of Mount Suribachi by no means guaranteed the fall of Iwo Jima."-"The battle for the volcano was an epic in itself, the capture of Suribachi becoming a legend in the long and varied history of the United States Marine Corps."-"By D plus 4, the 5th Marine Division had made sufficient progress against Suribachi that the order was given for the 2nd Battalion of the 28th Marines to secure and occupy the crest. The battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Chandler W. Johnson (killed in action on March 2) sent out two three-man patrols from Companies D and F to reconnoitre and probe for enemy resistance and, as none was encountered, the Marines reached the lip of the crater at 9.40 a.m. A 40-strong detachment from Company E was sent to back them up which reached the rim by 10. 15 a.m."-"stiff resistance" by a group of defenders-"a 54in.x 28in. flag was tied to the top".-
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AFTER THE BATTLE, 84.
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