article_snippet: Speeches at the Reunion of Honor ceremony held near the invasion beach were made by senior Japanese politicians and descendants of the few Japanese who survived the battle.
article_snippet: Family members of the soldiers who died in the Battle of Iwo Jima offer water on the cenotaph on Iwo Jima .
article_snippet: Family members of the soldiers who died in the Battle of Iwo Jima the Battle of Iwo Jima walk around a battery on Iwo Jima .
article_snippet: After the joint memorial, the U.S. and Japanese dignitaries and guests went the U.S. and Japanese dignitaries and guests separate ways to visit the parts of the island that were of the most significance to the U.S. and Japanese dignitaries and guests own troops.
article_snippet: Japanese have erected several memorials to Japanese dead, and in a traditional way of placating Japanese souls poured water and placed flowers on the memorial sites.
article_snippet: Family members of Japanese soldiers who died in the Battle of Iwo JimaIwo Jima, take photographs of the memorial monument after a ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima Iwo Jima .
article_snippet: It is to this day considered sacred ground to many Japanese.