7.+Iwo+Jima+and+Okinawa

= = = **Kurosaki Hisoka** = June 3, 1900 - September 5, 1968

Hisoka grew up a resident of Tokyo during the 1900's. A generally shy child, not much is known about him before he joined the Japanese army in 1920
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I was one of the 20,700 men entrenched in Iwo Jima, the most heavily guarded spot on Earth. It's name means 'sulfur island'. (Iwo Jima 583) The Allies retook most of the Philippines and freed American prisoners of war before turning towards our island. They needed the spot as a base. We killed over 6,000 of their marines when they attempted to take the island, but only 200 of us, including myself, survived the attack. (Delott 1) With Iwo Jima lost there was only one thing in between the Americans and the heart of Japan... Okinawa.

I was stationed in Okinawa in April of 1945, 1,900 Kamikaze pilots have been waved off the ground so far. (Okinawa 1) We sunk 30 ships and damaged 300 more. The 1,900 men that gave up their lives to kill the 5,000 enemy seamen have been honored greatly among the men I am stationed with. Things seemed to be looking in our favor, but the enemy had managed to kill 110,000 of our men. It had gotten bad and two of our generals realized this and killed them selves in honor of our emperor. (Battle of Okinawa 583)

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