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#OTD in 1945, MajGen Harry Schmidt declared that Iwo Jima was secure after 25 days of combat. A pocket of Japanese defenders continued to fight for two more weeks. ADM Nimitz's quotation about the courage of the Marines is inscribed on the
@USMC War Memorial in Arlington, VA.
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2 more weeks