From the Feb. 14th Canadian Press.
The prime minister of Japan has vowed to find the remains of 12,000 Japanese soldiers still missing from the Battle of Iwo Jima. Virtually every single Japanese soldier of the 21,570 on the island died along with 6,821 Americans. There are still 12,000 Japanese missing and 218 Americans, all MIA and presumed dead.
Fighting for the island began Feb. 19, 1945 and did not end until March 26th.
Today, the island, 700 miles south of Tokyo, is uninhabited except for a few hundred Japanese troops.
The prime minister says he was inspired by Clint Eastwood's 2006 movie "Letters from Iwo Jima."
A Worthy Cause. --DaCoot
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