World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima: About 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima.

The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC), United States Navy (USN), and United States Army (USA) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II. The American invasion, designated…