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Fund for Teachers on Suribachi
The Fund for Teachers made my study possible
Suribachi from Green Beach 2
The mountain towered over the Marines but most of the Japanese occupied the lower section of Suribachi.
Vegetation Reclaims Iwo's Terrace
Looking north from the base of Suribachi, plant life has creeped over the infamous 15 feet incline.
The Anderson Brothers
David and Bill Anderson lost their dad on Iwo. One was 5 and the other was 2. I thought they had the most incredible story of all.
Gabe Raises the Flag on Iwo
The Japanese didn't want the US flag up and had put the pole on the ground. The men in the photo replaced the pole and we ran up the flag.
Heavy Machine Gun on Iwo
About 400 yards from the beach on the terrace - overlooking Green Beach ..the barrel is sagging like a wet noodle.
Standing at the Spot
Coach Walker at the spot of the famous Rosenthal photo of the second flag raising. The invasion beach is in the background.
Red Beach
Directly under Suribachi Gabe walks down the terrace to the beach.
Yellow Beach 2
Behind me is believed to be where Jack Chevigny was killed. That lump of vegetation over my left shoulder marks the terrace where it drops steeply to the beach. The vegetation is about 200 yards away.
At the 5th Marine Monument on Suribachi
Where the Flag Raising Took Place
Landing On Iwo
Suribachi from the plane window. The landing beaches are at the top of the photo. Facing the photographer are the sulfur pits where visible fumes seep out.
Relics from Three Centuries in Guam
Just on the side of the road - a 17th century Spanish cannon on the ground near the trailer tires. A WWII Japanese tank sits next to it. Relics are everywhere on Guam.
A B-52 Loaded With Nukes at Anderson AFB
See that bubble in the photo? It is a device that alerts NATO that this plane carries nuclear weapons - and acts a deterrent to the enemies of freedom.
A Chamorro Village Welcome
Chamorro Middle School Dancers
Lt. Jack Chevigny USMC (1943)
Jack Chevigny is the subject of our research. He died on Iwo Jima on D-Day (Feb 19, 1945)
Lt. Jack Chevigny (1945) Just Prior to D-Day on Iwo Jima
Jack Chevigny looks over the shoulder of 27th Marine Division commander, Thomas Wornham
Iwo Jima Feb 19, 1945
D-Day
Iwo Jima 1945
A Crowded Beach
The Greatest Photo in American History
What Every History Student Should Recognize
18 comments:
Good luck on the climb. Take good pictures.
Lucy say Hola!
Now you and your knees will wish you had borrowed my trekking poles......Good Luck. Can't wait to hear how crawling through the cave, hiking up (and down?), and standing on the beach were.
hey coach how many people died from radiation poisoning?
-mujo
Coach, Has any plant life grown after the war on Iwo Jima or Guam?
From:Jackie,Devin,Tracy
Hey Coach,
Are you able to post pictures of your trip on your blog?
-Adam
I want to know what the landscape of Iwo looks like? are all the craters still there?
hi...
can you still find skeletons in the tunnels that the Japanese dug on Iwo Jima?
good luck coach...
Julie p.3
As I post this, you are on Iwo and the Weather Channel says that in Iwo it is currently 11:30 a.m., 70 degrees, with 100% chance of precipation.....so I guess you are trekking up Surabachi in the rain..
Can't wait to hear the rest of that story...
Where do you go after Iwo?????
coach, Is the san on the beacjes at Iwo Jima and Guam still made out of sulfur?
from: Michael A, Nicolas R
Hey Coach, how strong is the sulfur odor on the island? And what kind of vegetation grows since its mostly volcanic ash on the ground?
-Justin Javier
we wish you good luck to you and your son. we were wondering if you were able to see were they put the flag raising? well good luck again to you and your son.
Hugo "Hurly" Casarrubias, Jorge Reyes, and Mickey Cuarezma.
The sulfur smell is slight and I could taste it. There are some sulfur pits just below Suribachi opposite the beach.
Plant life is pretty abundant on the Iwo now. In 1945, it had all been blasted away.
I don't have time to post pictures. I only get the computer for a minute or two.
that's pretty cool how you can see things how they are now like plant life rather that the pictures of how that show it when the war was going on
Hurley, Jorge, and Mickey...Yes, we went to the exact spot where the 2nd flag raising occurred.
Routzon...you can see caves in the bushes..Some of the areas have been mowed (e.g., where the gravesites were)..Mostly you just push your way through the brush if you want to look at something off the beaten track..There is hardly enough time to do anything in one day..if you spend most of the day hiking between the airfield and Suribashi...Maybe a person who does orienteering or a triathlete could get most of it done in a day...not an average Joe like Coach Walker...And we had to leave early because of this huge storm.
Julie...you could find skeletons and many people have on past trips. A lot of the skeletons have already been removed from those places that are easily accessible. They have been cremated and buried at a Shinto Shrine in Japan.
Japanese and Americans continue to excavate (just like in the movie, Letters from Iwo Jima) but it is really expensive. Most recently, Americans were looking for Marine photographer Bill Genaust who took the film version of the flag raising. (It provided the proof photographer Joe Rosenthal needed to prove his photo was not staged.) Sgt. Genaust disappeared inside a cave and the cave was sealed. He was never found.
Must of been a heck of an experience though.
-Charles Grealy
4th period
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