Possible Clues:

• Pacific battle site of 1945, for short
• Site of a 2005 60th-anniversary memorial service, briefly
• '40s flag-raising site, briefly
• 2006 Eastwood subject, for short
• Directing nominee Clint Eastwood for "Letters from ___ Jima"
• ___ Jima (1945 battle site)
• WWII battleground, for short
• Part of an island?
• W.W. II battle site, familiarly
• With 42-Across, site of Mount Suribachi