This memorial is best known as Iwo Jima. It depicts a scene from World War II captured by in a Pulitzer-prize winning photograph and forever memorialized as a pivotal turning point in that war. The larger than life solders in the statue represent the five marines and one Navy officer who hoisted the United States Flag on the crucial peak at Iwo Jima. They stand a formidable 32 feet in height as they raise the 60-foot flag pole claming the base at Iwo Jima for the allied forces. It had previously been a base for kamikaze missions by the Japanese. A memorial to the allied victory in World War II rests elsewhere on the National Mall beneath the Washington Monument. This memorial is instead a tribute to a specific group. Its inscription is dedicated to all men of the United States Marine Corps who have given their lives since the Corps was established on November 10, 17775.
