US Marines
Expeditionary Troops (TF 56)
Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith
V Amphibious Corps (VACLF)
Major General Harry Schmidt
3rd Marine Division (Major General Graves B. Erskine)
3rd Marines: 1st/2nd/3rd Battalions (Colonel James A. Stuart)
9th Marines: 1st/2nd/3rd Battalions (Colonel Howard N. Kenyon)
21st Marines: 1st/2nd/3rd Battalions (Colonel Hartnoll J. Withers)
12th Marines (artillery): 1st/2nd/3rd/4th Battalions (Lieutenant Colonel Raymond F. Crist Jr)
Combat Support Units
3rd Tank Battalion
3rd Engineer Battalion
3rd Pioneer Battalion
Support Units
Service Troops, 3rd Service Battalion
3rd Motor Transport Battalion
3rd Medical Battalion
4th Marine Division (Major General Clifton B. Cates)
23rd Marines: 1st/2nd/3rd Battalions (Colonel Walter W. Wensinger)
24th Marines: 1st/2nd/3rd Battalions (Colonel Walter I. Jordan)
25th Marines: 1st/2nd/3rd Battalions (Colonel John R. Lanigan)
14th Marines (artillery): 1st/2nd/3rd/4th Battalions (Colonel Louis G. De Haven)
Combat Support Units
4th Tank Battalion
4th Engineer Battalion
4th Pioneer Battalion
5th and 10th Amphibian Tractor Battalions
Support Units
Service Troops, 4th Service Battalion
4th Motor Transport Battalion
4th Medical Battalion
5th Marine Division (Major General Keller E. Rockey)
26th Marines: 1st/2nd/3rd Battalions (Colonel Chester B. Graham)
27th Marines: 1st/2nd/3rd Battalions (Colonel Thomas A. Wornham)
28th Marines: 1st/2nd/3rd Battalions (Colonel Harry B. Liversedge)
13th Marines (artillery): 1st/2nd/3rd/4th Battalions (Colonel Louis G. De Haven)
Combat Support Units
5th Tank Battalion
5th Engineer Battalion
5th Pioneer Battalion
3rd and 11th Amphibian Tractor Battalions
Support Units
Service Troops, 5th Service Battalion
5th Motor Transport Battalion
5th Medical Battalion
V Amphibious Corps (and major attached units)
Corps Troops, HQ and Service Battalion
Artillery and Anti-aircraft
1st Provisional Field Artillery Group
2nd and 4th 155mm Howitzer Battalions
1338th Anti-Aircraft Group
506th Anti-Aircraft Gun and 483rd AAAW Battalions
Logistics
Provisional LVT Group
8th Field Depot
Communications
Landing Force Air Support Control Unit
Signal Battalion, Provisional Signal Group
Medical
V Corps Medical Battalion
Corps Evacuation Hospital Number 1
38th Field Hospital, Reinforced (USA)
Marines Memorial, Arlington Cemetery, recreating the celebrated photograph by Joe Rosenthal of the flag raising on Mount Suribachi.
Engineers
2nd Separate Engineer Battalion
23rd, 31st, 62nd, 133rd Naval Construction Battalions
2nd Armored Amphibian Battalion
Japanese Army
109th Division (General Tadamichi Kuribayashi)
2nd Mixed Brigade (Major General Sadasue Senda)
309th Battalion (Captain Awatsu)
310th Battalion (Major Iwatani)
311th Battalion (Major Tatsumi)
312th Battalion (Captain Osada)
314th Battalion (Captain Hakuda)
Engineer Battalion and Field Hospital
145th Infantry Regiment (Colonel Masuo Ikeda)
1st Battalion (Major Hara)
2nd Battalion (Major Yasutake)
3rd Battalion (Major Anso)
Engineer Company and Field Hospital
3rd Battalion, 17th Mixed Infantry Regiment (Major Tamachi Fujiwara)
Brigade Artillery Group (Colonel Kaido)
2nd Mixed Brigade’s Artillery battalion
145th Infantry’s artillery battalion
1st and 2nd Medium Mortar Battalions
20th Independent Artillery Mortar Battalion
8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Independent Anti-Tank Battalions
20th, 21st, 43rd and 44th Machine Cannon Units
Remnants of the 26th Tank Regiment (Lieutenant Colonel Nishi)
1st and 2nd Independent Machine-Gun Battalions
Three Army Rocket Units
Naval Forces on Iwo Jima (Rear Admiral Ichimaru)
27th Air Flotilla and 2d Air Attack Force (Rear Admiral Ichimaru)
Iwo Jima Naval Guard Force (Captain Inoue)
125th, 132nd, 141st and 149th Naval Guard Force Anti-aircraft Batteries
Naval Guard Force Coast Defense Batteries
Southern Air Group Naval Guard Force troops (Captain Inoue)
204th Naval Construction Battalion