Question About Iwo Jima

**Seadweller23** · 05-14-2009, 01:34 AM

Thanks for the great pics Phil.

Joe

**Brian Childress** · 05-14-2009, 05:15 PM

by AZPhil

That is what he sent, when I asked for some cool pic's of Iwo Jima. I know he has ALOT from when he was there. I'll see if he will just burn it to CD and send it to me.

The one pic looks like US flame thrower canisters???? anybody familiar with Japanese equipment? What those might be?

Thanks AZPhil, and yes that is exactly they appear to be, flamethrower canisters.

**Brian Childress** · 05-14-2009, 05:33 PM

by Formerjughead

More please!!!

IT hasn't changed too much in the 20 odd years since I went there.

Hi Brad

Were you stationed on Iwo for any length of time? You said the tunnels still looked the same. How much of them did you get to see? Was that the official reasoning for the tunnels being "verbotten", remains and UXO?

Sorry if I am beating a dead horse, this fascinates me to no end. When I was in the Navy I would crawl over old Spanish forts in the Caribbean. I climbed almost to the top of Gibralter when the RAF asked me kindly to go away. I snuck into a castle/fortess on Corfu Greece that was off limits for a look around.

Of course there were no remains or UXO there.

**Formerjughead** · 05-14-2009, 06:15 PM

by Brian Childress

Hi Brad

Were you stationed on Iwo for any length of time? You said the tunnels still looked the same. How much of them did you get to see? Was that the official reasoning for the tunnels being "verbotten", remains and UXO?

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We were there as a "Nostalgiac Visit" and only stayed for 3 days. I still have a set of cammies that smell like sulpher.

Brad

**AZPhil** · 05-15-2009, 02:55 AM

He is burning the CD tonight and will mail tomorrow

I'll post more pic's when they show up!!!!!!!!!

SEMPER FI!!!!

**Kilroy Was Here** · 05-15-2009, 03:59 AM

Best Regards.

**Brian Childress** · 05-15-2009, 11:24 PM

by AZPhil

He is burning the CD tonight and will mail tomorrow

I'll post more pic's when they show up!!!!!!!!!

SEMPER FI!!!!

Awesome, can't wait!

**PMKS** · 03-13-2010, 03:54 AM

This guy has a web site with pictures of the Japanese recovering some mummified bodies from a blown bunker on IWO, I think the pictures are from the 1980's.

John's Pictures :: Fotopic.Net

**burie** · 03-14-2010, 08:43 PM

wow

**jimpy** · 03-18-2010, 11:56 PM

I just followed the link to the other site.........FASCINATING set of photo's, just wsh I could be involved with a dig like this, even if it only involves wielding a pick and spade!!