Charlie Flick Posted March 26, 2020 Share #1 Posted March 26, 2020 Today is the 75th anniversary of the last ditch Japanese Banzai attack on Iwo Jima, which occurred on March 26, 1945. About 300 Japanese from various units were banded together for the nighttime attack which struck the 21st Fighter Group area near the beach. All of the Japanese were killed but not before they inflicted some casualties on the airmen who were their targets. Following the attack Lt. Joseph Goons was pictured with battlefield pickups. The caption to this photo reads: "Lt. Joseph D. Goons, 1295 Rademacker Street, Detroit, Michigan, is holding two hand grenades picked up after Japanese banzai raid on Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands. The one in his left hand is of Japanese make and the other is American." Regards, Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted March 26, 2020 Share #2 Posted March 26, 2020 Wonder if there's any higher resolution of that pic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Flick Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted March 26, 2020 That is the highest resolution of the image I have. I pulled it off of the 7th Fighter Command website. You might take a look there to see if a higher resolution is available. https://www.7thfighter.com/ Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted March 27, 2020 Share #4 Posted March 27, 2020 I'd sure like to know the maker of that pineapple! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rifleman Posted March 27, 2020 Share #5 Posted March 27, 2020 The Japanese grenade is a Type 99 Kiska. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster Posted March 27, 2020 Share #6 Posted March 27, 2020 Some of the Japanese continued to attack after the war ended. Here is a chonicological list of holdouts. http://www.wanpela.com/holdouts/list.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL THE PATCH Posted March 27, 2020 Share #7 Posted March 27, 2020 Some of the Japanese continued to attack after the war ended. Here is a chonicological list of holdouts. http://www.wanpela.com/holdouts/list.html Remarkable stories Sent from my moto g(7) play using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster Posted March 27, 2020 Share #8 Posted March 27, 2020 Thats dedication. The ones on Peleilu... Man thats something! I had heard or read somewhere about an attack on okinawa or Iwo in 1946 that a group of japanese emergegedfrombunkers and attacked an airfield in 1946 I tried to find it and post but I cant find it and its not on the list but there could be others not on this list. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirt Detective Posted March 27, 2020 Share #9 Posted March 27, 2020 Great photo..thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted May 3, 2020 Share #10 Posted May 3, 2020 On 3/26/2020 at 11:48 PM, rooster77 said: Thats dedication. The ones on Peleilu... Man thats something! I had heard or read somewhere about an attack on okinawa or Iwo in 1946 that a group of japanese emergegedfrombunkers and attacked an airfield in 1946 I tried to find it and post but I cant find it and its not on the list but there could be others not on this list. ? There a Japanese officer named Hiroo Onada that finally surrendered in 1974. There was another named Nakamura who also was found in 1974 and consiered the longest hold out to be found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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