An American soldier, who was the pilot of an amphibious boat, was killed in action when a direct barrage of Japanese 90mm artillery fire hit him on the beach of Iwo Jima. His body was found on the beach of Iwo Jima on February 25, 1945.

 　　A direct bombardment group of Japanese 90mm shells was found dead on February 25, 1945, after an American soldier, who was the pilot of an amphibious ship, was killed in action after being hit on the beach of Iwo Jima. The amphibious ship supported the surface ship bombardment that accompanied the formation of the amphibious landing craft on Iwo Jima by amphibious ships.

　Beginning on February 19, 1945, U.S. Marines landed on the shores of Iwo Jima. From the bombardment from naval vessels just prior to the landing, the first wave of Marines landed on the beach on the southeast coast of Iwo Jima at 8:59 a.m. on February 19, D-Day, in amphibious boats. The U.S. landing force could easily have assaulted inland to Iwo Jima, and the Navy determined that the bombardment had suppressed the Japanese defenses. The Marines began to deploy in an orderly fashion on Iwo Jima's beaches. American troops spent the next hour accumulating men and machinery on the beach.

　Shortly after 10:00 a.m., Japanese machine guns, mortars, and heavy artillery suddenly stormed the crowded beach. At first the machine guns rang out violently, shattering American soldiers in the fury. Shells shot down with an earth-shattering boom, rock piles came under fire, and mines exploded in the soil beneath their feet. Blasts lifted, slammed, and tore, and the Marines crumpled and fell. After crossing the beach, the Marines were confronted with a slope of black volcanic ash about 4.6 meters high. The volcanic ash made it difficult to gain a foothold and defend against Japanese artillery fire.

　Marines wandered about, but the weight and volume of their equipment proved too much for them, so they discarded it and hid in the volcanic sand. Japanese heavy artillery from Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima opened and closed their reinforced steel doors to fire. Japanese bunkers were connected by tunnels, and even when swept by flamethrowers and grenades, they were reoccupied by Japanese troops moving through the bunker tunnels. The Marines suddenly came under renewed fire from the Japanese in the bunkers.