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1. IWO_970201_01.JPG: Iwo Jima; frontal The Marine Corps War Memorial is commonly called the Iwo Jima Memorial. This view looks straight back to the statue. The city behind the statue is Rosslyn Virginia. The memorial is actually within the bounds of the Arlington Cemetery but it's reasonably far from the tombstones and very exposed between expressways and such. The memorial is 78-feet long and it weighs about 100 tons. It is based on Joseph Rosenthal's photograph of the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima during World War II. An American Indian, Ira Hayes, was one of those depicted (although I'm not sure which one he is) and a Johnny Cash song talks about him dying of liquor and poverty, facing white discrimination for the rest of his lifetime.
2. IWO_970201_02.JPG: Iwo Jima; close-up A close up on the statue itself. I love the hands!
3. IWO_970201_04.JPG: Iwo Jima; DC view In the distance, you can see the Natural History Museum dome, the Capitol dome, and the Lincoln Memorial.
4. IWO_970201_05.JPG: Iwo Jima; back close-up Another shot of the Iwo Jima memorial.
5. IWO_970201_06.JPG: Iwo Jima In the background, Natural History Museum, Capitol Dome, Washington Monument, and Lincoln Memorial.
6. IWO_970713_01.JPG: Iwo Jima This is another view of the Iwo Jima Memorial, taken from the direction of the Netherlands Carillon. In the background, you can see the tall buildings of Rosslyn Virginia.
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Wikipedia Description: USMC War Memorial
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The Marine Corps War Memorial is a military memorial statue located near the Arlington National Cemetery and the Netherlands Carillon in Rosslyn, Virginia, United States. The memorial is dedicated to all personnel of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) who have died in the defense of their country since 1775. Its design was based on the iconic photo from the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Description:

In 1951, work commenced on creating a cast bronze memorial based on the photo, with the figures 10 meters (32 feet) tall and the flagpole 20 meters (60 feet) long. The granite base of the memorial bears two inscriptions:

* "In honor and memory of the men of the United States Marine Corps who have given their lives to their country since 10 November 1775"
* "Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue." — a tribute by Admiral Chester Nimitz to the fighting men on Iwo Jima.

The location and date of every major Marine Corps engagement up to the present is inscribed around the base of the memorial.

The memorial was officially dedicated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on November 10, 1954, the 179th anniversary of the U.S. Marine Corps.

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy issued a proclamation that a U.S. Flag should fly from the memorial 24 hours a day — one of the few official sites where this is permitted. The current U.S. Flag, however, is not a factually accurate depiction of the flag which was raised over Mount Suribachi, as two stars have since been added for Alaska and Hawaii.

The original plaster working model of the statue currently stands in Harlingen, Texas at the Marine Military Academy, a private Marine Corps-inspired youth military academy. The Academy is also the final resting place of Corporal Harlon Block, USMC, one of the Marines immortalized in the iconic image (seen at base of flag). Corporal Block was killed in action on Iwo Jima.

The National Iwo Jima Memorial in Newington, Co ...More...
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