Breaking Down the Marine Corps War Memorial

The image of United States Marines raising the American flag over the battlefield of Iwo Jima during the height of the Second World War is easily among the most iconic in American memory. In fact, this harrowing silhouette is the at the core of the Marine Corps War Memorial — a monument dedicated to all U.S. Marines that sits just outside the District of Columbia.

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