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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What unit were the six flag raisers assigned to?
(a) Bravo Company.
(b) Fox Company.
(c) Delta Company.
(d) Easy Company.

2. What was the name of the 5th Marine Division?
(a) Hammer.
(b) Anvil.
(c) Hammerhead.
(d) Spearhead.

3. Who did the Japanese fight to death for?
(a) The ancestors.
(b) Their pride.
(c) Their Queen.
(d) Their Emperor.

4. Where did Harlon experience hand to hand combat?
(a) Death Canyon.
(b) Death Gorge.
(c) Hellhole Ridge.
(d) Hellzapoppin' Ridge.

5. How long did the 5th Marine Division train at Camp Tarawa?
(a) 12 months.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 6 months.

6. How large is Iwo Jima?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) 24 miles.
(c) 10 miles.
(d) 8 miles.

7. What did the Japanese consider Iwo Jima to be?
(a) Lost.
(b) Homeland.
(c) Too far to defend.
(d) Impregnable.

8. What were the Japanese building at Guadalcanal?
(a) A radio station.
(b) A training camp.
(c) A submarine base.
(d) An air strip.

9. When were the men of the 5th Marine Division told about their destination?
(a) 6 days out.
(b) 4 days out.
(c) 8 days out.
(d) 2 days out.

10. Who was John's best friend in the Marines?
(a) Robert Kanisky.
(b) Henry Stravinsky.
(c) Iggy Popasky.
(d) Ralph Ignatowski.

11. What color were the beaches of Iwo Jima?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

12. What was on Iwo Jima that made its capture imperative?
(a) A radar station.
(b) An air field.
(c) A training camp.
(d) A submarine base.

13. How many men were to participate to the landing on Iwo Jima?
(a) 760,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 50,000.

14. How many Japanese were able to flee Guadalcanal?
(a) 34,000.
(b) 13,000.
(c) 23,000.
(d) 6,000.

15. What did Bradley say about the raising of the flag in Iwo Jima?
(a) It was uneventful.
(b) It was "the happiest moment of his life."
(c) It was difficult.
(d) It was tiring.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Marines were killed on D-Day on Iwo Jima?

2. What was John's nickname?

3. What portion of the American soldiers fighting on Iwo Jima ultimately died or were wounded?

4. When was the American flag raised on Iwo Jima?

5. Where did Franklin Sousley live before WWII?

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