I am history major and I am an active duty Marine.  I am extremely interested in all military history and not just our own.  My research project for this class in going to focus on the Battle of Iwo Jima, which has been one of the most significant battles in Marine Corps History.  Marines did heroic things on this tiny island in the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean that are hard to even imagine.  Thousands of Marine lives were lost in short period of time but they never stopped to reach their objective, which was to take control of this island from the Japanese.