75 years ago today, the Marines and Corpmen of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Marine Divisions stormed the beaches of Iwo Jima. These were 16, 17, 18 year olds who did not have the body armor we have today. It took a lot of guts to storm those beaches thinking that the Naval Gun Fire destroyed the Japanese occupants. In actuality, the bombardment did nothing.