Word Problems

Following was contributed by Matthew H. ('02).

1. If the rectangular shape of the Iwo Jima is 5 ft. across and 36 in. wide, what is the area of the monument?
2.  If you add the circular walkway (24 in.) what would be the area then?
3.  If a 6 ft. tall man stood near the Iwo Jima (and his shadow is 8 ft. tall), and the Iwo Jima has a shadow of 18 ft. tall, then how tall is the Iwo Jima? 

Following was contributed by Matthew F. ('03).

4. If the Eternal Flame has been burning 24 hours a day 365 days a year since 1995 how many hours has it been burning?
5. In the Iwo Jima battle there was about 30000 casualties out of 70000 marines that went into battle. What percent of the marines had casualties?
6. If the invasion of Iwo Jima started on February 19, and mostly ended on February 23, and there was 30000 casualties. What was the average number of casualties per day?

Answers to Word Problems

by Matthew H. and Matthew F.
Go to: http://www.webtravels.com/iwojima/ 

1. The battle of Iwo Jima was fought in what war?
2. How many medals of honor were presented to medical personnel for the battle?
3. How much did the monument cost to build?
4. How many men died in the battle of the Iwo Jima?

5. Why was the Iwo Jima Memorial Monument built?

6. What does the Monument consist of?  

Go to:  http://www.nps.gov/gwmp/usmc.htm

7. How long is the M-1 rifle, and the carbine on the statue 

8. How much water can the canteen hold?

1. The battle that the Iwo Jima represents was fought 660 miles south of Tokyo, Japan.
2. The island is 8 square miles.
3. 25 medals of honor were presented in the battle.
4. 1/3 of the US's marines were killed
5. 132 men were unidentifiable and were claimed as unknown.
6. The m-1 rifle and carbine on the Iwo Jima statue are 16 and 12 feet long.
7. The Iwo Jima statue is 70 feet tall and is the second tallest bronze statue in the world. 
8. The statue is a replica of the photograph took by Joe Rosenthal of the flag raising on Mountain Suribachi.

     Iwo Jima is a island off of the mainland Japan. The US needed Iwo Jima for a emergency landing strip for the crippled b-29 bombers because the distance between their base Mariana and Japan was often to grate for the crippled planes to make it back. Also with the control of the island the US could have more intensive and more air attacks on mainland Japan. Iwo Jima was needed by the US but the capture of it would not come easy. 
The overall assault lasted 36 days. First the B-24 heavy bombers shelled the island like they never have any pave before. Then on June 1944 the carrier raids started. Then on February 19 the invasion began. Over 450 ships bombarded the island and after 9 a.m. the 4th and 5th marine divisions reached the Red, Green, Yellow, and Blue abreast. The sand made it hard for the marines to advance but they did. Then the Japanese opened fire but both of the division accomplished their missions. The 4th division was assigned to take the Quarry and they did. Also the 5th accomplished its goal of surrounding the mountain Suribachi.
From February 20 through the 23 the 28th marines took over the Mountain Suribachi and had raised the US flag. On the fifth day of fighting the 3rd division's mission of taking over the center of the island started.

 Answers to Word Problems

1. 15 square feet

2. 53.38 feet

3. 13.5 feet tall

4. 70080 hours

5. 80%

6. 6000 per day

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Answers to Scavenger Hunt

1. WW2
2. 4
3. about $500,000+ dollars
4. 6,821
5. The Iwo Jima Memorial Monument was built to remember the men that gave and served their lives at the battle of Iwo Jima.
6. It consists of a portion of a new highway named the Iwo Jima Memorial Expressway and 100 tress are planted down the median of the highway.  There is an eternal flame and a walkway leading to the flame.  There is also another walkway leading to the Medical Corps Monument and Chaplain and on each brick is the name and service of each of the survivors.  There is also a 78 feet tall bronze statue of the 6 marines that raised the flag on Mountain Suribanchi on February 13 at 10:30.
7. The M-1 rifle is 16 feet long and and the carbine is 12 feet long.
8. The canteen can hold 32 quarts of water?

Answers to Fact and Fiction

1. Fiction 650 miles
2. Fact
3. Fiction 27 medals of honor
4. Fact
5. Fact
6. Fact
7. Fiction, it is 78 feet tall and is the tallest bronze statue in the world
8. Fact

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 Iwo Jima Survivors Assoc. Inc. , . "National Iwo Jima
 Memorial Monument." National Iwo Jima Memorial Monument.
2002, January 4. Iwo Jima Survivors Assoc. Inc. . 29 March, 2002. <http://www.webtravels.com/iwojima/>.
 

"U.S.M.C. War Memorial." . 10/19/2001. National Park Service. 
15 January, 2003 <http://www.nps.gov/gwmp/usmc.htm>.