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The top commander was General Tadamachi Kuribayashi,a former samurai and one of Japan's greatest generals.He killed himself at the end of Iwo Jima to avoid being captured by the Americans.

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the main general was general kuribashi. he committed suicide close to the end of the battle when japan was losing, next to a soldier that he had saved two times in battle.

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