Iwo Jima, February 1945: where a quarter of all the US Marines who died in the Second World War are killed and the Leathernecks are forced to re-think their tactics, as one in three of them becomes a casualty. The fighting is so intense it leads to the awarding of 27 Medals of Honour - and produces one of the most iconic images of the war, when the marines raise ‘Old Glory’ atop Mount Suribachi. But there is still more than 30 days of the relentless, vicious fighting ahead of them.
