Iwo

Noun

Meaning

a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945)

Synonyms

Phrases with the word

Examples

All officers of Chichi Jima, goodbye from Iwo. Tadamichi Kuribayashi

Among the Americans serving on Iwo island, uncommon valor was a common virtue. Chester W. Nimitz

By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the Americans who served on Iwo Island, uncommon valor was a common virtue. Chester W. Nimitz

I don't want any romantics to go into the military. I'm not a pacifist. I think we need a military, and the better one we have, the better off we are. I don't want kids going in there thinking that it's John Wayne on Iwo Jima. That's not healthy. Karl Marlantes

I wish black people had a flag they could put into the ground, like when the troops stormed Iwo Jima. J. B. Smoove

With 'Letters from Iwo Jima,' then 'Memories of Tomorrow,' I reached a sort of turning point in my acting. I had poured so much of myself into those movies that I really had no idea where to go from there. Ken Watanabe

Close letter words and terms