The Last Japanese Holdout on Iwo Jima Didn’t Surrender Until 1949

Despite the US Marines declaring the island of Iwo Jima secure, many Japanese troops remain hidden in caves, tunnels and bunkers across the island. Many will need to be flushed out by force. The last Japanese holdouts will finally surrender 4 years later, in 1949. Bibliography Alexander, Joseph H. Closing in: Marines in the Seizure of Iwo Jima. Glasgow, UK: Good Press, 2019. Bradley, James, and Ron Powers. Flags of Our Fathers. New York, NY: Bantam Books, 2016. Kakehashi, Kumiko. So Sad to Fall in Battle: An Account of War. New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 2007. King, Dan, and Linda Ryan. A Tomb Called Iwo Jima: Firsthand Accounts from Japanese Survivors. Rockwall, TX: Dan King, 2020. Leckie, Robert, and Ted Burwell. The Battle for Iwo Jima. New York, NY: Random House, 1967.