Located between Saipan and Japan, it was valuable as a base for fighter escorts and a haven for crippled bombers.
The last two of its 20,000 defenders under General Kuribayashi Tadamichi finally surrendered in 1949. Unclaimed by any nation until 1891, it was administered as part of Tokyo due to its strategic importance during World War II, and then by the United States until 1968.  Located between Saipan and Japan, it was valuable as a base for fighter escorts and a haven for crippled bombers. With a name meaning "sulfur island",  FTP, identify this largest of the Volcano Islands, home to Mt. Suribachi and the scene of bloody fighting in February and March 1945.
The last two of its 20,000 defenders under General Kuribayashi Tadamichi finally surrendered in 1949.
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