 Welcome to All Hands Update, I'm Penny Officer Jessica Bedwell. 70 years have passed since the legendary Marines of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Marine Divisions stormed the Black Volcanic Sands of Iwo Jima, February 19, 1945. When the battle for Iwo Jima was over, 6,821 American troops lay dead as the American flag stood upon the peak of Mount Sarabachi. All Hands' magazine sat down with Wally Kenzig as he told his story of survival on that hostile Pacific Island. I can see it right now in front of me, God, I can just see them, pictures in my mind. The bodies on the beach, never forget it. War is dirty, it's brutal, it's dehumanizing, and that was Iwo Jima.