World War II: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima" id="mwnw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Iwo Jima">Battle of Iwo Jima</a>: About 30,000 <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine" id="mwoA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Marine">United States Marines</a> land on the island of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwo_Jima" id="mwoQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Iwo Jima">Iwo Jima</a>.