Possible Clues:

• '45 battleground, familiarly
• "Flags of Our Fathers" setting, for short
• Jima front
• 'Sands of ___ Jima' (John Wayne movie)
• 'Letters from __ Jima': Eastwood film
• "Sands of ___ Jima" (John Wayne movie)
• One of the Bonin Islands, for short
• 1945 Pacific battle site, briefly
• Noted 1945 photo site, briefly
• "Letters from __ Jima": Eastwood film