Research Guides: QPME: 70th Anniversary of Iwo Jima: Maps

Enemy Defense Installations as Observed from Ground Study, 19 February-19 March 1945 Iwo Jima

Enemy Defense Installations as Observed from Ground Study, 19 February-19 March 1945 Iwo Jima

A caption printed on this map reads "Second of two maps for use in conjunction with article on Camouflage vs. Photo Interpretation in this issue of 'Weekly Intelligence.'" This map depicts airfields, coastal defenses, artillery and antiaircraft, mortar positions, casements and blockhouses, signal towers, pillboxes, and observation posts and observation towers, among other features. The map notes that the thousands of caves on the island have not been plotted.
Archives Branch of the Marine Corps History Division. OFFICIAL USMC Photograph.

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Online Resources

Maps from "Iwo JIma: Amphibious Epic"
Scroll down to the bottom of the page for links to online copies of the maps found in the publication "Maps from Iwo Jima: Amphibious Epic".
Military Installations and Troop Dispositions of Iwo Jima
Military Installations and Troop Dispositions of Iwo Jima (Sulphur Island) as of 14 September 1944.
Archives Branch of the Marine Corps History Division.
Printable Iwo Jima Maps
Three unclassified maps of Iwo Jima titled as follows:
- Landing Plan Iwo Jima
- Japanese Defense Sectors
- VAC Front Lines D-Day, 19 February 1945, 28th Marines Only, D plus 1,2,3
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Excerpted from IWO JIMA: Amphibious Epic by Lt. Col. Whitman S. Bartley, USMC. Published by Historical Branch, G-3 Division, United States Marine Corps, 1954.

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