In 1954, the U.S. Marine Corps dedicated theMarine Corps War Memorial, also known as the Iwo Jima Memorial, nearArlington National CemeteryinVirginiato honor all Marines. The statue is based on Rosenthal’s now-famous photograph. Actor/director Clint Eastwood in 2006 made two movies about the...
when President Dwight D. Eisenhower officially dedicated the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington, VA. The Iwo Jima Memorial is one of the few official sites where the United States Flag is required to fly 24 hours a day, due to a proclamation ...
Thousands of people came to pay their respects to the Marine who was declared, “A hero to everyone but himself.” Ira Hayes was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery, finally at peace and reunited with many of his comrades-in-arms. After reading about Ira Hayes and the effect raisi...
Iwo Jima Memorial TheIwoJimaMemorial (also known as the U. S. Marine Corps War Memorial) is a military memorial statue outside the walls of the Arlington National Cemetery and next to the Netherlands Carillon‚ in Arlington‚ Virginia‚ in the United States. The memorial is dedicated to ...