Editing Battle of Iwo Jima (section)

==Aftermath==
Japanese [[Japanese holdout|holdouts on the island]], including two of Lieutenant Toshihiko Ohno's men, {{nihongo|Yamakage Kufuku{{sic}}|山蔭光福|Yamakage Kōfuku}} and {{nihongo|Matsudo Linsoki{{sic}}|松戸利喜夫|Matsudo Rikio}}, lasted four years without being caught, and finally surrendered on 6 January 1949.<ref>{{cite news |title=Japanese Surrender After Four Year Hiding |date=10 January 1949 |work=Pacific Stars and Stripes |page=5 |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/pacific-stars-and-stripes/1949-01-10/page-5?tag=kufuku&rtserp=tags/kufuku?ndt=by&py=1949&pey=1951 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130717075553/http://newspaperarchive.com/pacific-stars-and-stripes/1949-01-10/page-5?tag=kufuku&rtserp=tags/kufuku%3Fndt=by&py=1949&pey=1951 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 July 2013}}</ref><ref name=Cook>{{cite web |url=http://www.wanpela.com/holdouts/profiles/kufuku.html |first=Donald |last=Cook |title=Capture of Two Holdouts January 6, 1949 |work=No Surrender: Japanese Holdouts |access-date=11 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009185024/http://www.wanpela.com/holdouts/profiles/kufuku.html |archive-date=9 October 2007 <!--DASHBot--> |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=山蔭光福 |author2=松戸利喜夫 |date=1968 |script-title=ja:硫黄島最後の二人|trans-title=The Last Two of Iwo Jima |publisher=読売新聞社 |language=ja}}</ref>

Though ultimately victorious, the American victory at Iwo Jima had been extremely costly. According to the [[Navy Department Library]], "the 36-day assault resulted in more than 26,000 American casualties, including 6,800 dead."{{sfn|Navy Department Library, "Battle for Iwo Jima"}} By comparison, the much larger scale 82-day [[Battle of Okinawa]] lasting from early April until mid-June 1945 (involving five U.S. Army and two Marine Corps divisions) resulted in over 62,000 U.S. casualties, of whom over 12,000 were killed or missing. Iwo Jima was also the only U.S. Marine battle where the American casualties exceeded those of the Japanese,<ref name="O'Brien">{{cite web |last=O'Brien |first=Cyril J. |title=Iwo Jima Retrospective |url=http://www.military.com/NewContent/0,13190,NI_Iwo_Jima2,00.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607061101/http://www.military.com/NewContent/0%2C13190%2CNI_Iwo_Jima2%2C00.html |archive-date=7 June 2007 |access-date=21 June 2007}}</ref> although Japanese combat deaths numbered three times as many as American KIA. Two U.S. Marines were captured during the battle, neither of whom survived their captivity.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}


The {{USS|Bismarck Sea}} was sunk during the battle, the last U.S. aircraft carrier sunk in World War II. Twenty [[Grumman F4F Wildcat|Grumman FM-2 Wildcat]] fighters and 11 [[Grumman TBF Avenger|Grumman TBM Avenger]] torpedo bombers went down with ''Bismarck Sea''. The {{USS|Saratoga|CV-3|6}} was so severely damaged that she took no part in either combat or transportation duties for the rest of the war, and became a training ship for night fighter operations. <ref>Wilgus, J. Brandon. "Iwo Jima: A Tale of Two Carriers" ''Naval History''. USNI, February 2021. https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history/2025/february/iwo-jima-tale-two-carriers </ref> Thirty-one [[Grumman F6F Hellcat]] fighters and 9 Grumman TBM Avenger torpedo bombers were destroyed by the kamikaze attack on ''Saratoga'' along with the loss of 132 men.<ref name="LLFeb45">{{cite web |url=https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/USN/LLFeb45.htm |title=USN Overseas Aircraft Loss List February 1945 |work=Aviation Archaeological Investigation & Research |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309173809/https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/USN/LLFeb45.htm |archive-date=9 March 2021 |access-date=15 September 2021}}</ref>{{sfn|Morison|1960}}{{page needed|date=July 2021}} Because all civilians had been evacuated, there were no civilian casualties on Iwo Jima, unlike at Saipan and Okinawa.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/This_Month_History/03_March.htm |title=This Month in History: Selected March Dates of Marine Corps Historical Significance |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128105745/http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/This_Month_History/03_March.htm |archive-date=28 November 2010 |publisher=[[United States Marine Corps History Division]] |access-date=23 August 2015}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=July 2021}}
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File:3rd Marine Corps Iwo Jima Cemetery Entrance.jpg|Iwo Jima cemetery entrances built by the 133rd Seabees, with the 3rd Marine Division foreward and the 4th Marine Division opposite.
File:127-GW-305-142760 (24467231344).jpg|Interments of the 4th Marine Division.
File:4th Marine Division cemetery, Iwo Jima, 1945 (5600761284).jpg|4th USMC Division Cemetery Iwo Jima
File:127-GW-305-145467 (24730253279).jpg|5th USMC Division Cemetery entrance built by the 31st CB with Mt. Suribachi center.

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