Battle of Iwo Jima

The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945), or Operation Detachment, was a major battle in which the United States fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Empire of Japan. The U.S. invasion, charged with the mission of capturing the three airfields on Iwo Jima, resulted in some of the fiercest fighting in the Pacific Campaign of World War II.

Battle of Iwo Jima in "Joe Steele"
After the war in the Pacific turned against the Japanese, the IJA was pushed back to Iwo Jima where they fought the Americans and lost.