The Iwo Jima Association of America is dedicated to preserving and perpetuating the history of the Battle of Iwo Jima for future generations. IJAA sponsors two educational and historical symposiums in the Washington DC locale and on the island of Guam annually. The Battle of Iwo Jima was an epic battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during the second World War.