太平洋戦争末期の1945年2月、東京の南、約1200キロの沖にある硫黄島をアメリカ軍が攻撃した、「硫黄島の戦い」から70年が経った。両軍合わせて2万人以上が戦死したとされる激戦をアメリカが残した写真で振り返る。
アメリカ軍から見た硫黄島の戦い
American Landing Ships Sailing To Iwo Jima(01 of27)
JAPAN - FEBRUARY 18: American landing ships sailing to Iwo Jima island protected by a cruiser warship on the left on February 18, 1945 in Japan. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) (credit:Keystone-France via Getty Images)
WWII Iwo Jima 1945(02 of27)
An attack on one of the caves connected to a three-tier blockhouse destroys the structure on the edge of Turkey Nob, giving a clear view of the beachhead toward the southwest on Iwo Jima, as U.S. Marines storm the island, April 2, 1945. (AP Photo/W. Eugene Smith/Pool) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Iwo Jima Prisoners(03 of27)
8th March 1945: Three Japanese prisoners of war surrounded by American soldiers after they were captured during fighting on Iwo Jima. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images) (credit:Central Press via Getty Images)
The Pacific War, 1945. American Marines With Japanese Flags At Iwo Jima(04 of27)
JAPAN - FEBRUARY 01: After February 1945, date when the island of Iwo Jima was taken by the Americans during the Pacific War, American marines show the Japanese flags which they took from the enemy when they conquered the island. Since February 23, 1945, American soldiers were involved in a fierce battle to capture the island which was an ideal trampoline from which to launch B-29 bomber raids against Japan. During the war, this island was one of the Japanese air bases. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) (credit:Keystone-France via Getty Images)
WWII Iwo Jima(05 of27)
In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, the cross of the church flag flies over the Stars and Stripes atop grim Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, Japan, as divine services are conducted on Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945, by a Navy chaplain. Covered by a poncho a small organ (center) provides music. Ships ride at anchor below the mount where U.S. Marines raised American flag, as photographed by Joe Rosenthal, Associated Press photographer with the wartime still picture pool, after bloody fighting. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Iwo Jima(06 of27)
Graves of 5th Division Marines killed during bitter fighting are marked by simple white crosses in this cemetery on Iwo Jima, Japan on March 23, 1945. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
WWII Battle of Iwo Jima(07 of27)
In this handout from the U.S. Navy, Navy and Coast Guard landing parties attempt to square away two \"ducks\" that were battered Japanese fire, on Iwo Jima, March 27, 1945. The landings were made even more difficult by the heavy, grinding surf, which wreaked havoc with many a landing craft. The \"ducks\" are shown rapidly filling with water on the blackened sands of the volcanic island fortress. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
WWII Battle of Iwo Jima(08 of27)
In this handout from the U.S. Army, three 7th Fighter Command ground crew members perched atop a weapons watch anxiously as a P-51 Mustang fighter approaches for a landing on a treacherous landing strip on Iwo Jima, March 28, 1945. Soft spots, cross winds and roving clouds of volcanic dust make the airstrip one of the toughest to land at in the Pacific. (AP Photo/U.S. Army) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
WWII Iwo Jima(09 of27)
In this image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, a series of foxholes scooped in the volcanic ash serve as press and photo headquarters for the men covering the battle for Iwo Jima, Japan on March 27, 1945. From these crude shelters, the Coast Guard combat photographers operated after landing with the assault waves from Coast Guard-manned invasion transports and LSTâS. They ducked for a few minutes rest between shots of battle action. Here writers pounded out stories on typewriters set on empty ration boxes. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
World War II. Pacific front.(10 of27)
MICRONESIA - FEBRUARY 19: World War II. Pacific front. Battle of Iwo Jima. Landing of marines on D. Day. Febuary 19, 1945. (Photo by Roger Viollet/Getty Images) (credit:Roger Viollet via Getty Images)
World War Two(11 of27)
Injured US marines of the 4th Division at the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War Two, Japan, February 20th 1945. (Photo by US Marine Corps/Getty Images) (credit:FPG via Getty Images)
Marine In Iwo Jima Foxhole(12 of27)
Inland shot taken at 0900, D-Day plus 1, Iwo Jima, February 20, 1945. Marine in foxhole. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images) (credit:PhotoQuest via Getty Images)
Flying The Flag(13 of27)
23rd February 1945: View of marines planting a US flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, World War II. This was the second flag raised that day, being larger than the first. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) (credit:Hulton Archive via Getty Images)
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima.(14 of27)
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima is a historical photograph taken on February 23, 1945. It depicts five US Marines and a US Navy corpsman raising a US flat atop Mount Suribachi, during the Battle of Iwo Jima in WW2. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty images) (credit:Universal History Archive via Getty Images)
The Pacific War The Battle Of Iwo Jima 1945(15 of27)
JAPAN - MARCH 01: A Soldier Of The American Marine Infantry Wounded While Landing On The Island Of Iwo Jima In Japan Is Transported On An Armoured Vehicle On March 3, 1945. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) (credit:Keystone-France via Getty Images)
The Pacific War The Battle Of Iwo Jima 1945(16 of27)
JAPAN - MARCH 01: The American Soldiers Fighting Against The Japanese In Iwo Jima On March 1945. The Marines Climbing Up Along A Slope Under The Ennemy\'S Assault. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) (credit:Keystone-France via Getty Images)
Sleeping Marine(17 of27)
27th March 1945: A United States Marine sleeps under an army blanket in his foxhole, dug in the sand at the beach at Iwo Jima during World War II, Japan. The camouflaged roof of the dugout has been reinforced with metal to protect against shrapnel. (Photo by R. Gates/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) (credit:R. Gates via Getty Images)
The Pacific War The Battle Of Iwo Jima 1945(18 of27)
JAPAN - APRIL 25: The American Cemetery On The Island Of Iwo Jima In Japan On April 25, 1945 (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) (credit:Keystone-France via Getty Images)
Iwo Jima(19 of27)
March 1945: Full-length image of members of the US Navy and Coast Guard arriving on the shores of Iwo Jima hours after the Marines had succeeded in capturing the island from the Japanese, Japan, Pacific Front, World War II. (Photo by US Coast Guard/Getty Images) (credit:U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images)
WWII Battle of Iwo Jima(20 of27)
In this handout from the U.S. Marine Corps, a Japanese soldier surrenders after being wounded at a cave position during fighting at the northern end of Iwo Jima, in 1945. Enemy prisoners are amazed at the humane treatment accorded them by their captors. They are well fed, clothed given the best of medical care and interned in sanitary camps. exact date of photo is unknown. (AP Photo/U.S. Marine Corps) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
WWII Battle of Iwo Jima(21 of27)
In this handout from the U.S. Marine Corps, A Catholic chaplain of the Fifth Marine Division conducts mass on Mt. Suribachi Yama, on the island of Iwo Jima, March 1, 1945. the leathernecks don\'t leave their weapons out of reach, even while they worship. The two Marines wearing helmets hold a poncho to break the wind and prevent the chalice, candles and book from being blown over. (AP Photo/U.S. Marine Corps) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Invasion Of Iwo Jima(22 of27)
Aerial view of the US Sixth Fleet during the invasion of Iwo Jima, February 14, 1945. Mt Suribachi is in the background. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images) (credit:PhotoQuest via Getty Images)
World War Two(23 of27)
US marines of the 27th Division at the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War Two, Japan, 1945. (Photo by US Marine Corps/Getty Images) (credit:FPG via Getty Images)
Beach On Iwo Jima(24 of27)
American landing craft and armoured vehicles on a beach during the Battle of Iwo Jima, February 1945. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) (credit:FPG via Getty Images)
Advance On Iwo Jima(25 of27)
circa 1945: The Fifth Division Marine invaders make their way up the beach of Iwo Jima. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) (credit:Keystone via Getty Images)
WWII Asia Volcano Island Iwo Jima Japanese(26 of27)
Near a truck on an Iwo Jima road in Japan on Feb. 20, 1945, Jap soldiers with field packs scatter for cover, as an American plane comes in low to strafe the enemy during pre-invasion softening-up. Japs at left dive into a gully; those at right head for a ravine; and others hide under the truck. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
WWII Iwo Jima(27 of27)
Landing craft of all descriptions, loaded with American marines, churn the waters off Iwo Jima Island, Japan on Feb. 22, 1945, as they head for the beach to begin the invasion. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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