Am I at the right Iwo Jima or what?

[wilderobb]

After all the hours it took to fly to Iwo Jima (Japan) "RJAW" all I see is a flat little place with just enought room for the airstrip! No hill the flag was put up or anything. Is there another Iwo Jima or something? Also I would put in the landscape if one is available.  Thanks.

[Joe_D]

I don't think MS provided Iwo Jima with any high resolution mesh.

However, it is relativly flat and is a very small island.

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vol ... -jima.html

[Nav]

That's Iwo Jima all right.

[JBaymore]

Iwo Jima's importance during the Second World War was not due to it's size..... but it's location.  It was a very strategically important location....... and massive numbers of people died from both sides during the battle there.

I haven't heard of any scenery upgrades specifically for it.

best,

.................john

[jrpilot]

Wow..I never new that Iwo Jima was a scenic place like that....I always thought is was some type of dumb (not meant to offense the Japanese)

[beaky]

If it was too hilly, it would've not been much good as a landing site... but due to its importance, the Seabees would've probably been ordered to make it flat! Someone should do a nice mesh of that little island, just to honor the men who fought and died there...


There they battled up Iwo Jima's hill
250 men
But only 27 lived to walk back down again

-Johnny Cash, "The Ballad of Ira Hayes"

That lyric refers to the Marine unit (2nd Bat., 28th) involved in the battle; Ira Hayes was a Pima Indian who was among the men who raised the flag, under fire from Japanese troops who refused to give up. The famous photo is a re-creation, shot later;  here's a pic of the real event. . Three of the six men who raised it didn't make it home.