We tell the story of one of the Pacific's bloodiest battlefields where 70,000 US Marines of the 5th Pioneer Battalion fought 21,000 entrenched Japanese over eight square miles of death at Iwo Jima.
The Big Red One is the U.S. Army's First Infantry Division. Its history mirrors the conduct of World War II in Europe; North Africa, Italy, D-Day then on to Germany. The soldiers describe several of the unit's tougher battles; El Guettar, Troina, Omaha Beach and Falkenau.
