Also had an uncle who died on Iwo, he is buried in the National Cemetery (Punchbowl)on Oahu, HA. He was killed Feb. 19, 1945. How he got from Iwo to Hawaii I have no idea.
I visited his grave when I was stationed at Pearl Harbor many years ago,
When I was headed into that lost cause of Viet Nam
I hoped we would fly over Iwo Jima so I could at least
see the place where uncle Joe died,but no such luck.
Did get to land on Midway..1970 you could still see
a ton of stuff from that fight.Hard to believe so many
died for control of that tiny island.