The American Flag Atop Mount Suribachi -- The Iwo Jima Memorial is a photograph by Cora Wandel which was uploaded on July 26th, 2014.
The American Flag Atop Mount Suribachi -- The Iwo Jima Memorial
The Iwo Jima Monument, formally known as the United States Marine Corps Memorial, is adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, DC. ... more
by Cora Wandel
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The American Flag Atop Mount Suribachi -- The Iwo Jima Memorial
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Cora Wandel
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Photograph
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The Iwo Jima Monument, formally known as the United States Marine Corps Memorial, is adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, DC. The large monument depicts six World War II soldiers raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima (five Marines and one Navy corpsman). The actual event was immortalized by journalist Joe Rosenthal in his Pulitzer Prize winning photograph, which in 1954 served as the basis for the new Marine Corps Memorial in Arlington, Virginia.
The battle over the island of Iwo Jima in World War II was one of the fiercest battles between the United States and Japan, and resulted in the United States capturing the island. Japanese positions on the island were heavily fortified, with vast bunkers, hidden artillery, and 11 miles of underground tunnels. The battle was the first American attack on a major Japanese island and the Imperial soldiers defended their positions tenaciously. Of the 22,000 Japanese soldiers present at the beginning of the battle, over 20,000 were killed and only 1,083 taken prisoner.
This photograph focuses on three of the six men who raised the American flag atop Mount Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima.
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July 26th, 2014
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