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Old September 21st, 2006, 01:42 AM
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Battle of Iwo Jima

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Iwo Jima is a small speck in the Pacific; it is 4.5 miles long and at its broadest point 2.5 miles wide. Iwo is the Japanese word for sulfur, and the island is indeed full of sulfur. Yellow sulfuric mist routinely rises from cracks of earth, and the island distinctly smells like rotten e...

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Old September 21st, 2006, 05:05 AM
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Re: Battle of Iwo Jima

Been there.

Amazing place.

Two buddies swear they were followed by a Japanese patrol. Ghosts...

I still have sand from that island, taken from near the spot where Gunny Basilone was killed.
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