Talk:Battle of Iwo Jima

simplified Opposing forces; moved OOB detail to separate page

Hi, everyone. Given the level of detail that we have for the Marine Corps, I thought it was time to create a separate OOB page and strip down the material in the main article. See what you think. Hungrydog55 (talk) 23:56, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

B-29 crew lives saved

There seems to be a bias that very few if any of the B-29 emergency landings were really emergencies. This does not seem like neutral POV. Simply being low on fuel constitutes an emergency when flying over water. B-29s took off with enough fuel for a round trip. If they needed to stop they probably had good reason to think so. Early B-29s were not terribly reliable; and engine fires were both common and frequently fatal. A crew deciding to stop for "routine" engine maintenance was perhaps merely being prudent. While it is certainly the case that some of the landings were not necessary, it is a rush to judgement to suggest, as the article does, that most were. Grenley (talk) 00:14, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

Number of prisoners

The Infobox gives 216 but several sources report 1,083 taken prisoner:

https://books.google.it/books?id=LekfM0iFchEC&pg=PA105&lpg=PA105&dq=iwo+jima+1083+prisoners&source=bl&ots=DwN9BRdfbS&sig=ACfU3U0rt1DF1-A65JK4_HqwwmZTWqUaIg&hl=it&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi1tvm-jtz2AhUPQ_EDHTduDq0Q6AF6BAgfEAM#v=onepage&q=iwo%20jima%201083%20prisoners&f=false

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2004/06/sulfur-island/305332/

https://books.google.it/books?id=qOEu4ALwR-IC&pg=PA232&lpg=PA232&dq=iwo+jima+1083+prisoners&source=bl&ots=sluHwb4GRh&sig=ACfU3U2am-JwEmqkCQ115RGqzpTRvPHD8Q&hl=it&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjmh7iDj9z2AhUWRPEDHeMUCvAQ6AF6BAgdEAM#v=onepage&q=iwo%20jima%201083%20prisoners&f=false

https://books.google.it/books?id=ghjWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT85&lpg=PT85&dq=iwo+jima+1083+prisoners&source=bl&ots=PFNFxGdsmC&sig=ACfU3U3tx7rOMJKJXnULvGwGRn9oMY9rCg&hl=it&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjmh7iDj9z2AhUWRPEDHeMUCvAQ6AF6BAgeEAM#v=onepage&q=iwo%20jima%201083%20prisoners&f=false

https://books.google.it/books?id=FnZqVTuDMGsC&pg=RA2-PA91&lpg=RA2-PA91&dq=iwo+jima+1083+prisoners&source=bl&ots=2Ms0vv2v9h&sig=ACfU3U2PZSr3Rab9izdP0yHkS6fyeMYXmg&hl=it&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjmh7iDj9z2AhUWRPEDHeMUCvAQ6AF6BAgbEAM#v=onepage&q=iwo%20jima%201083%20prisoners&f=false

https://books.google.it/books?id=rAKmUiGeTyoC&pg=RA1-PA91&lpg=RA1-PA91&dq=iwo+jima+1083+prisoners&source=bl&ots=C-aNkti8nM&sig=ACfU3U3CmDKeWdxfqkDJFIeBxh0bNmWeSQ&hl=it&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjmh7iDj9z2AhUWRPEDHeMUCvAQ6AF6BAgcEAM#v=onepage&q=iwo%20jima%201083%20prisoners&f=false

--195.225.41.202 (talk) 11:27, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

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Names of holdouts

The Pacific Stars and Stripes article was initial reporting that may have gotten some names inaccurately. https://www.marines.mil/portals/1/Publications/A%20Brief%20History%20of%20the%2025th%20Marines%20%20PCN%2019000308300.pdf states "Kofuku Yamakage" which matches the Japanese characters which presumably come from the Japanese source. WhisperToMe (talk) 06:13, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Lots of Pictures

There are a lot of pictures in a few sections of this article. I think a Gallery section should be created and most of the photos moved there. If not, then perhaps moving each picture to a relevant part of the section instead of having them stacked on top of each other. Isz Chepewéssin (talk) 01:21, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

The purpose of images are to support related text. They should be placed relative to the text they support. They are not intended for decoration, including galleries. Excessive images not fulfilling this function should be removed. Cinderella157 (talk) 10:37, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Then what about moving the picture to different points in the sections? A a few of the pictures in the First Day section show points in the battle that take place later on the first day, yet they're all listed at the top? Isz Chepewéssin (talk) 18:13, 21 February 2024 (UTC)