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OCR: Raising the Flag at Iwo Jira About Iwo Jir: In early 1945, the Pacific island f Iwo Jima was a hea vily armed Japanese radar station. Locat ted orly several hundred miles Japan, this island was needed by the Allies as base for the Mustang fighter planes that escorted B-29 bornbers on their missions. On February 10 1945 the U.S. Marines invaded. Crawrling on their stomachs, gairing ground inch by inch, they fought a brutal battle. I toak days win the island and raise the flag Bv the time the battle was over 12200 Marines were wounded and over 6,800 were dead Jirra Jirma vilv Located from bombers inva aver