Iwo Jima /ˌi.woʊ ˈdʒi.mə/ noun1 •A volcanic island in the Volcano Islands in the North Pacific, now administered as part of Tokyo's Ogasawara Subprefecture and most famous for a major battle in World War II.Not many weeks before, during the battle for Iwo Jima, Joe Rosenthal, an Associated Press photographer, had taken his inspired photograph of the American flag being raised on Mount Suribachi. — 1955
