Talladega in Talladega County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

USS Talladega (APA-208)

Talladega County

— “The Tremblin’ T” —

USS Talladega (APA-208) Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., July 20, 2008

1. USS Talladega (APA-208) Marker

Inscription. Seven Battle Stars
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

World War II
☆ Iwo Jima Operation
☆ Okinawa Gunto Operation

First of the 31 ship convoy with occupation troops
to dock at Yokohama on VJ Day, September 2, 1945

Korean War
☆ 3rd Korean Winter
☆ Korea, Summer-Fall (1953)

Vietnam War
☆ Vietnam Defense Campaign
☆ Vietnamese Counteroffensive Phase II
☆ Vietnamese Counteroffensive Phase III

Commissioned October 31, 1944
Struck from Naval Register September 1, 1976
Battle Cry
The USS Talladega became a movie star as the ship was featured in the World War II film classic, Battle Cry.

Four Marines pictured in Joe Rosenthal's famous flag-raising photograph debarked from USS Talladega (208) to climb Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima: Ira Hayes, Franklin Sousley, Harlon Block, Mike Strank. Others: John Bradley, Rene Gagnon

Erected 2002.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Military • War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1810.

Location. 33° 26.107′

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N, 86° 6.184′ W. Marker is in Talladega, Alabama, in Talladega County. Marker is at the intersection of W. North Street and Court Square West, on the left when traveling west on W. North Street. Marker is near northwest corner of courthouse square. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Talladega AL 35160, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Talladega Courthouse Square Historic District (within shouting distance of this marker); Battle Of Talladega (within shouting distance of this marker); Auburn University And Birmingham-Southern College Began In Talladega, 1854 (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Joiner Family (approx. half a mile away); Presbyterian Home For Children (approx. 0.9 miles away); Mardisville (approx. 4.7 miles away); Jackson Trace (approx. 4.7 miles away); Battle of Munford (approx. 10.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Talladega.

Also see . . . Wikipedia entry for the USS Talladega. (Submitted on October 9, 2008.)

USS Talladega (APA-208) Battle Stars image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., July 20, 2008

2. USS Talladega (APA-208) Battle Stars

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., July 20, 2008

3. USS Talladega (APA-208) Battle Stars

Marines on Mt. Suribachi image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., July 20, 2008

4. Marines on Mt. Suribachi

Talladega County Court House (in the background) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, May 27, 2013

5. Talladega County Court House (in the background)

Credits. This page was last revised on November 2, 2019. It was originally submitted on October 7, 2008, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 5,643 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 7, 2008, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 5. submitted on November 7, 2013, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.