Possible Clues:

• James enters Iowa after a change of heart, to show WW2 battle
• Pacific island on which a memorable WWII photo was taken
• One of the Volcano Islands
• Battle I almost won with James the First?
• One warrant officer, lucky man, at a fierce battle
• 1945 battle site with a flag-raising
• Famed flag-raising site of 1945
• Where Mt. Suribachi is
• In the Volcano Islands, scene of prolonged fighting between US and Japan in Second World War
• ''Flags of Our Fathers'' setting