... of Iwo Jima and a lot of men were killed because the Japanese were shooting them, and the Marines couldn't dig fox-holes for safety. This caused the United States to use grenades and flamethrowers into the underground bunkers to kill the Japanese soldiers. The battle lasted 36 days 20,000 out of the 21,000 Japanese soldiers defending the island were killed. There were 110,000 United States Marines ... and Mrs. Sharon Christa McAuliffe who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, Mary Randolph who was actually the first person buried on the grounds of Arlington National Cemetery. ...

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