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I landed on the island in 1951 enroute back to japan on a medivac plane. A 1lt in Marines was on the plane also and was in one of the first waves of troops to land in 1945. I was shocked to see plants growing as there were none when he landed. As he looked around went into shock and thanks that a bunch of nurses were also on the plane to help him. He took me down to a pillbox that had a direct hit from a 16” shell. His squad assumed the japs was finished and stood up and he lost half his squad from machine gun fire from that pill box. No one tried to seek cover after a couple of days as even if you were in a foxhole was exposed to fire from the top of the mountain. They had to be the best to endure this battle.