Letters from Iwo Jima Page #6

to attack our homeland.

For the mainland...

For our homeland...

Until the very last man.

Our duty is to stop the enemy right here.

Not one of you...

is allowed to die until you have killed

10 enemy soldiers.

Do not expect to return home alive.

I will always be in front of you.

Long live the Emperor.

Take care and be well.

I will fight courageously until the end,

in the spirit of Yamato.

My heart will always be with you.

Takeichi.

Every household is assigned a quota

of bag-making for the gunpowder.

I cannot help but get tense when I think

that these will be used in battle.

Taro and Yoko laugh at me for this.

Takako, on evacuation in Nagano,

is also doing well.

I pray for your safety.

Sincerely, Yoshi.

No one can shoot me now.

That's a nice belt.

My wife sent me one, too.

Doesn't look like Mr. Kempeitai

has a thousand-stitch belt, does he?

Maybe he thinks it will clash

with his uniform.

He probably doesn't believe

in superstitions, anyway.

His mother made him one after all.

- Maybe they're trying to sink the island.

- My head hurts.

How many ships do you think

there are out there?

At least 30. Maybe even 50.

- They must be really close.

- I need to take a leak.

Don't go near the sewers.

Dysentery is spreading through there.

Where do I go then?

There is a pot at the end of the cave.

The sh*t pot is full.

Someone needs to throw it out.

If anything happens to that pot...

you'll be carrying our sh*t away

with your hands.

Is this some kind of a joke?

Why are you always picking on me?

Thank you, God. I take back

what I said before.

Shall we commence fire?

Not yet.

The men wish to commence firing.

Hold your fire!

Hold your fire!

Hold your fire!

They will take the beach

in no time if we do not resist.

Wait until the beach is full.

Let's go. Commence firing!

Commence firing!

Commence firing!

The guns of the Kitakubo unit

were destroyed.

All the pillbox units on the beach

have been destroyed.

However, all other forces are intact...

and we estimate more than

1,000 enemy casualties.

The pillbox destruction was unavoidable.

Overall, that is good news.

How are the men

holding up at Suribachi?

Forces are intact.

What is the enemy situation?

Approximately 20,000 men and 80 tanks.

There has to be more than that.

They still have men waiting in the boats.

Currently the enemy front extends...

between Suribachi

and the south landing...

and Chidori airfield south.

Just as I thought... Suribachi

and the Motoyama airfield.

They are making a two-pronged attack.

That's not enough! I need more ammo.

Take his place!

- The machine gun is blasted.

- Use your rifle!

Watch out! Imbecile!

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