Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
<---Admiral Raymod A. Spruance was the operation's overall commander. He was and engineer and helped in the victory over Midway Island. He was very successful in his overall career and after the victory over Iwo Jima he became the Ambassador of the Philippines.
General Kuribayashi
<---General Kuribayashi was the Japanese commander of the attack on Iwo Jima. He was and aristocrat who was educated in Canada and toured the US. In Japan he was one of the few soldiers ever granted an audience by emperor Hirohito. He was a afraid to go to war with the US: he said "The United States is the last country in the world that Japan should fight". A subordinate of Kuribayashi said "I don't know anything about the enemy. I thought all Americans were cowards. I was taught they were savages".