Editing Battle of Iwo Jima (section)

==Opposing forces==
{{further|Battle of Iwo Jima order of battle}}
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| header            = Naval commanders for Operation ''Detachment''
| image1            = Ray Spruance (cropped).jpg
| caption1          = Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
| image2            = Richmond_K._Turner.jpg
| caption2          = Vice Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner
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| header            = Ground force commanders
| image1            = Holland_Smith.jpg
| caption1          = Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith
| image2            = Harry Schmidt;USMC-C-Marshalls-p3.jpg
| caption2          = Major General Harry Schmidt
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| header            = Marine division commanders on Iwo Jima
| image1            = Rockey, Keller E..jpg
| caption1          = [[File:US 5th Marine Division SSI.svg|20px]] Major General Keller Rockey
| image2            = Clifton B. Cates.jpg
| caption2          = [[File:USMC - 4th Division.png|24px]] Major General Clifton Cates
| image3            = Graves_B_Erskine_USMC.jpg
| caption3          = [[File:US 3d Marine Division SSI.svg|20px]] Major General Graves Erskine
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===American===
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*'''[[United States Fifth Fleet]]'''
*Admiral [[Raymond A. Spruance]] in heavy cruiser [[USS Indianapolis (CA-35)|''Indianapolis'']]
** Joint Expeditionary Force (Task Force 51)
*** Vice Admiral [[R. Kelly Turner|Richmond Kelly Turner]] in amphibious command ship [[USS Eldorado|''Eldorado'']]
** Expeditionary Troops (Task Force 56)
*** Lieutenant General [[Holland M. Smith]], USMC
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*'''[[V Amphibious Corps]]'''
*Major General [[Harry Schmidt (USMC)|Harry Schmidt]], USMC
**'''Southern sector (Green and Red beaches):'''
*** [[File:US 5th Marine Division SSI.svg|20px]] '''[[5th Marine Division]]''' (25,884 officers and enlisted)
*** Major General [[Keller E. Rockey]]
**** [[26th Marine Regiment (United States)|26th Marine Regiment]] (Colonel Chester B. Graham)
**** [[27th Marine Regiment (United States)|27th Marine Regiment]] (Colonel [[Thomas A. Wornham]])
**** [[28th Marine Regiment (United States)|28th Marine Regiment]] (Colonel [[Harry B. Liversedge]])
**** [[13th Marine Regiment (United States)|13th Marine Regiment (Artillery)]] (Colonel James D. Waller)
**'''Northern sector (Yellow and Blue beaches):'''
*** [[File:USMC - 4th Division.png|24px]] '''[[4th Marine Division]]''' (24,452 officers and enlisted)
*** Major General [[Clifton B. Cates]]{{efn|Served as [[Commandant of the United States Marine Corps|Commandant of the Marine Corps]] from 1948 to 1951.}}
**** [[23rd Marine Regiment (United States)|23rd Marine Regiment]] (Colonel [[Walter W. Wensinger]])
**** [[24th Marine Regiment (United States)|24th Marine Regiment]] (Colonel [[Walter Irvine Jordan|Walter I. Jordan]])
**** [[25th Marine Regiment (United States)|25th Marine Regiment]] (Colonel [[John R. Lanigan]])
**** [[14th Marine Regiment (United States)|14th Marine Regiment (Artillery)]] (Colonel Louis G. DeHaven)
**'''Floating reserve:'''
*** [[File:US 3d Marine Division SSI.svg|20px]] '''[[3rd Marine Division]]''' (19,597 officers and enlisted)
*** Major General [[Graves B. Erskine]]
**** [[3rd Marine Regiment (United States)|3rd Marine Regiment]]{{efn|Did not land on Iwo Jima}} (Colonel James A. Stuart)
**** [[9th Marine Regiment (United States)|9th Marine Regiment]] (Colonel Howard N. Kenyon)
**** [[21st Marine Regiment (United States)|21st Marine Regiment]] (Colonel Hartnoll J. Withers)
**** [[12th Marine Regiment (United States)|12th Marine Regiment (Artillery)]] (Lieutenant Colonel Raymond F. Crist Jr.)
*** [[File:147RegimentCOA.jpg|12px]] [[147th Regiment (United States)|147th Infantry Regiment (Ohio Army National Guard)]] (2,952 officers and enlisted)
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===Japanese===
21,060 total men under arms<br />
Lieutenant General [[Tadamichi Kuribayashi]], commanding<br />
Colonel Tadashi Takaishi, chief of staff<br />
: '''Army'''
:: [[109th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)|109th Division]]
: '''Navy'''
:: 4 anti-aircraft defense units