Live coverage of an Iwo Jima memorial ceremony begins at about 0650 PST.
https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/5857#.VOX0Vi7sTU6
At this point, the paper still calls the island “Iwo”. was the correct name “Iwo Jima” and we did’t know it yet?
Was Iwo Jima more of a symbolic than strategic key in the fight against Japan?