4/9/45 - Iwo Jima
W. Eugene Smith

The epic scene of demolition on Iwo Jima still symbolizes the saga of battle re-played in W.W.II.  Lessons of Gettysburg and of Agincourt before that sadly seemed in W.W.II never to be learned.  Blown up into this column of smoke was a blockhouse and some "stubborn Japanese" who would not leave their hiding place.
