Michael Caronna is the Reuters Chief Photographer for Japan, based in Tokyo. In the following story, slugged BC-WITNESS-IWOJIMA/ and headlined "WITNESS-Tranquil now, the battleground that was Iwo Jima", he reports on a rare visit to the tiny island of Iwo Jima, scene of one of World War Two bloodiest battles in the Pacific and of an iconic photograph of U.S. Marines raising the Stars and Stripes.

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