 Iwo Jima, Japanese citadel 625 miles from Tokyo, an invaluable base for consistent bombing of Japan. Iwo Jima, eight square miles of volcanic ash, now the target of a United States marine attack on the island's eastern beaches near the tall volcano Mount Surabacha. Warships of the massive American Fifth Fleet gather off Iwo. By sea and by air, Iwo Jima is subjected to more than 70 days of bombardment, the heaviest of all on the last three days before the landing. By heavy seas, he stays afloat, waiting rescue by a destroyer, and risk their lives to make these pictures of Iwo Jima. Some were killed. Iwo Jima, a vast 800-ship fleet, brings to action an estimated 40,000 Marines plus uncountable supplies of ammunition, weapons, vehicles, food, water, medicine. Slays smoke screens. The moment of assault draws near. Fibious craft rendezvous offshore, ready for the drive to the beaches, facing the newest and best enemy weapons in the bloodiest fight in Marine Corps history. Scores of bomb-proof pill boxes overlook the beach. There was no choice but to storm them one by one. Approaching Motoyama Airfield number one, first invasion objective under heavy mortar fire. Feet deep, some a mile long field is taken and the advance grinds on. Japanese are caught in the open in the Pacific. Iwo Jima, in its first 15 days, has cost 2,050 American damage and the battle still rages.