Seventy Years Ago: Every Day A Milestone

March 4, 1945, the first crippled B-29 landed at Iwo Jima.  The Marines were a long way from the end of this battle.

O.T. was in the 21st Marines, 3rd Division, and would have been southeast of the airfield.  He undoubtedly would have witnessed this.

Photos from the history of The Third Marine Division, Infantry Journal Press.