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Iwo
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Iwo (ē`wō), city (1991 est. pop. 320,000), SW Nigeria. It is the trade center for a farm region specializing in cacao. A coffee plantation is located nearby. Iwo was the capital of a Yoruba Yoruba (yō`r
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 kingdom (founded in the 17th cent.) that grew rapidly in the 19th cent. by taking in refugees during the Yoruba civil wars.
Iwo
a city in SW Nigeria. Pop.: 479 000 (2005 est.)


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As a 20-year-old medic assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 26th Regiment, 5th Marine Division, he was part of the initial invasion of Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945.
 
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