Iwo Jima (5min Tmi)

IWO JIMA

DETAILED OUTLINE

INTRODUCATION:

1. GAIN ATTENTION: (30sec PowerPoint Presentation) Good Morning Marines. My name is and your next period of instruction will be on the Island Iwo Jima

2. OVERVIEW: The purpose of this period of instruction is to give you a better understanding of the historical importance of Iwo Jima and the Flag raising that took place there.

3. INTRODUCE LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

A.TERMINAL LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this period of instruction you will understand the historical importance of the island Iwo Jima and identify the names of the six Flag Raisers.

B.ENABLING LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this class you will be able

1. To fully understand the historical importance of the Island of Iwo Jima

2. You will be able to identify the names of the six Flag Raisers

4. METHOD/MEDIA: This period of instruction will be taught by the lecture method with the aid of PowerPoint Presentation and handouts

5. EVALUATION: You will not be tested on this material, so please hold your questions until the end.

TRANSITION: Now that you are aware of the course syllabus, allow me to move into the historical importance of the island Iwo Jima.

6. BODY:

1. HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE: Iwo Jima was Japanese home soil only 650 miles from Tokyo. No foreign army in Japan's 5000 year history had fought on Japanese soil. To the US, Iwo Jima was important because of its location, midway between Japan and American bomber bases in the Marianas. Iwo Jima with its three airfields was an ideal location for fighter-escort stations and as a safe haven for damaged bombers.

TRANSITION: There are six men that standout from the rest, these men are known as the Flag Raisers.

1. THE FLAG RAISING: Mount Suribachi is a 550 foot volcanic cone at the island's southern tip. It dominates both possible-landing beaches, from this point Japanese gunners have every inch of the beaches covered. Every marine on the island was in range of Japanese guns.

2. THE FLAG RAISERS: There were six flag raisers from the 28th Regiment, 5th Division.

a. Sgt. Mike Strank was the Marine who led the other five safely to the top of Mount Suribachi. He also gave the order to find a pole and attach the flag and "put'er up!" Sgt. Strank died on March 1, 1945.

b. Cpl. Harlon Block was Sgt. Strank's second in command. He took over the leadership of his unit when Sgt. Strank was killed. Cpl. Block also died on March 1, 1945.

c. PFC Franklin Sousley was the last flag raiser to die on Iwo Jima. He died on