3d Marines Col James A. Stewart 9th Marines Col Howard N. Kenyon 1/9 LtCol Carey A. Randall 2/9 LtCol Robert E. Cushman, Jr. 3/9 LtCol Harold C. Boehm 21st Marines Col Hartnoll J. Withers 1/21 LtCol Marlowe C. Williams 2/21 LtCol Lowell E. English 3/21 LtCol Wendell H. Duplantis 4th Marine Division 23d Marines Col Walter W. Wensinger 1/23 LtCol Ralph Haas 2/23 Maj Robert H. Davidson 3/23 Maj James S. Scales 24th Marines Col Walter I. Jordan 1/24 Maj Paul S. Treitel 2/24 LtCol Richard Rothwell 3/24 LtCol Alexander A. Vandegrift, Jr. 25th Marines Col John R. Lanigan 1/25 LtCol Hollis U. Mustain 2/25 LtCol Lewis C. Hudson, Jr. 3/25 LtCol Justice M. Chambers 5th Marine Division 26th Marines Col Chester B. Graham 1/26 LtCol Daniel C. Pollock 2/26 LtCol Joseph P. Sayers 3/26 LtCol Tom M. Trotti 27th Marines Col Thomas A. Wornham 1/27 LtCol John A. Butler 2/27 Maj John W. Antonelli 3/27 LtCol Donn J. Robertson 28th Marines Col Harry B. Liversedge 1/28 LtCol Jackson B. Butterfield 2/28 LtCol Chandler W. Johnson 3/28 LtCol Charles E. Shepard, Jr. [Note: Of those infantry battalion commanders who landed on Iwo Jima on D-Day, only seven remained unwounded and still retained command at the battle’s end.] ] _Sources_