BGuthrie Photos: VA -- Quantico -- Natl Museum of the Marine Corps -- Gallery: World War II (1939-1945)

VA -- Quantico -- Natl Museum of the Marine Corps -- Gallery: World War II (1939-1945):

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. MCMWW2_061113_031.JPG: Listening to announcements about Pearl Harbor. Note the dropped cup and saucer on the ground.
2. MCMWW2_061113_216.JPG: This is part of the "immersive" display where you're supposed to be in the landing craft heading for Iwo Jima.
3. MCMWW2_061113_256.JPG: This is the second Mt Suribachi flag from Iwo Jima. It hung there for several weeks before it was taken down which accounts for its weathered appearance.
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Description of Subject Matter: World War II: 1939-1945
America entered WWII on 7 December 1941 against a formidable opponent. In the months following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese had swept away several Marine Corps outposts in the Pacific; and the Marine Corps was a small expeditionary force with outdated equipment and an unproven new mission: amphibious assault. However, the Marines’ amphibious assault on Iwo Jima and the hard won success of taking the island from the Japanese was a turning point in regaining control in the Pacific. As US forces fought their way across the Pacific and turned early losses into victories, they redefined the meaning of “uncommon valor.”
The gallery showcases the gripping story of the Pacific campaigns. With the help of tanks, artillery pieces, aircraft, small arms, and an individual Marine’s everyday “junk on a bunk,” visitors can see and “feel” what a Marine experienced during those harrowing days. Exhibits highlight war time innovations in tactics and equipment, special units, Women Marines, racial integration, Navajo code talkers, and the role of the Navy corpsmen.
In one immersive exhibit, visitors are briefed on their pending assault landing on the island of Iwo Jima before they board a Higgins boat for the perilous trip to the beach. Sound and video provide a realistic experience. Close by is the flag raised on Iwo Jima and photographed by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal.
The poignant display of 6,000 Marine Corps and US Navy insignias represents the cost in human lives that were required to take that one island. This gallery honors the uncommon valor, sacrifices, and accomplishments of America’s “Greatest Generation.”

The most interesting features of this gallery, at least to me, were the "immersive" landing experience at Iwo Jima and the flag lifted at Mt. Suribachi. They have both of the flags. The second one, the bigger one which is pretty well ripped up, is the one that was photographed in the famous Joe Rosenthal photo:
Raising the Second Flag:
"I swung my camera around and held it until I could guess that this was the peak of the action, and shot." -- Associated Press combat photographer Joe Rosenthal
Three combat photographers recorded the second flag-raising atop Suribachi. Motion picture cameraman William Genaust, later killed in action, captured the event in color. Photographer Robert Campbell framed the simultaneous lowering of the original flag with the raising of the second. But Joe Rosenthal's snapshot seized the essence of the entire war. Enormously appealing from its first release, the photograph won the 1945 Pulitzer Prize and inspired the bronze sculpture at the Marine War Memorial.
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