Rosslyn in Arlington in Arlington County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
70,000 Marines Helped Raise That Flag on Iwo Jima
US Marine Corps War Memorial, George Washington Memorial Parkway
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Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 2, 2019
1. 70,000 Marines Helped Raise That Flag on Iwo Jima Marker
" to Marines it's not about the individuals and never has been...what they did together and what they represent remains most important. That doesn't change."
General Robert B. Neller
USMC Commandant, 2016
If you have only seen the famous photo that inspired this statue, you might get the impression that just six Marines got the whole job done. But there were several photographers at work that dayand many other photos made.
Here you can see a part of the actual Marine combat patrol that took the Stars and Stripes up Mount Suribachi, past snipers concealed in the sides of that volcano. Some of these faces are here in the war memorial statue.
What you can't see is the greatest armada of 500 ships and swarms of warplanes that made it possible to put three Marine divisions and an Army regiment ashoremore than 110,000 sailors, airmen, soldiers, and Marines.
Many of the faces in this combat patrol photo would die on Iwo in the bitter fighting in the weeks to come. The sacrifices made to win Iwo Jima were greater than any other battle in Marine Corps history.
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Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Communications • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Vexillology series list. A significant historical date for this entry is February 19, 1945.
Location. 38° 53.421′ N, 77° 4.169′ W. Memorial is in Arlington, Virginia, in Arlington County. It is in Rosslyn. It is on US Marine Memorial Circle north of North Marshall Drive. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1495 North Meade Street, Arlington VA 22209, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in the Washington Metropolitan Area and in Northern Virginia. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in the Mid-Atlantic, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 2, 2019
2. 70,000 Marines Helped Raise That Flag on Iwo Jima Marker
Other markers no longer nearby. History Of The U. S. Marine Corps (was about 300 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); The Flag Raisings (was about 400 feet away but has been reported to have been replaced with another marker now near it); The Battle For Iwo Jima (was about 400 feet away but has been reported to have been replaced with another marker now near it).
Additional keywords. 70,000 Marines Helped Raise That Flag on Iwo Jima
Credits. This page was last revised on April 4, 2026. It was originally submitted on February 2, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 518 times since then and 38 times this year. Last updated on April 25, 2021, by Bruce Guthrie of Silver Spring, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 2, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
