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japanese, and so the war ended and all those celebrations back in the u.s. were then. september 2 was the official signing ceremony of the uss on the uss missouri. that s the reason for the timing of the presentation. iwo jima, one of the costliest battles of the war, and because of a picture we will be talking about in a little bit, it captured people s imagination like nothing else did in the pacific theater. and there s something that s very iconic now in terms of people s identity with that flag, with that picture, and with the battle of iwo jima itself. there will be a couple times we weave that into the process as we go along here, but we have to start with strategy. the first few slides, it is an overview. july of 1944, what is going on in the pacific theater at that time? well, we will see if this works. in the central pacific, you have, basically, a navy force see. i was warned about that. driving through the central pacific, and, bloody victories. there is one o
New-yorkUnited-statesTaiwanJapanTokyoNevadaPhilippinesMissouriTexasWashingtonPhilippine-seaOceans-general- the island to american and japanese forces during world war ii. the abraham lincoln presidential library museum hosted this event and provided the video. it s a pleasure to be here to talk about this important subject. i did a presentation about a year ago on d-day and it went over very well, i think. but i got several comments, hey, how come you never talk about the pacific theatre? i got that comment from some marines, in fact, and a couple of them are here tonight. so i hope they appreciate the effort. it isn t by accident that we re doing this presentation on the 13th of august. on the 14th of august was the official surrender of the japanese, and so the war ended and all the celebrations back in the united states were on that date. and on the 2nd of september was the official signing ceremony of the uss missouri, and so that s the reason for the timing for the okinawa battles of the war. and because of of a picture that we re going to be talking about here in a little
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