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Do not plan for my return...

— Tadamichi Kuribayashi

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The US is the last country in the world we should fight.

You must not expect my survival...

"We are still fighting", Kuribayashi radioed on March 22. "The strength under my command is now about four hundred. Tanks are attacking us. The enemy suggested we surrender through loudspeaker, but our officers and men just laughed and paid no attention."

All officers of Chichi Jima, goodbye from Iwo

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