FL AG R AISINGS ON IWO JIMAFL AG R AISINGS ON IWO JIMA

“The raising of the flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years”

- James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, to General Holland M. Smith, USMC

IWO JIMA

4.6 mi

2.5 mi

554 ft

MOUNT SURIBACHI

FEBRUARY

FEBRUARY

19

23

D-DAY ON IWO JIMA

1ST AND 2ND FLAG RAISED

APRIL

26 BOTH FLAGS RETURN TO THE U.S.

MARCH

26 THE BATTLE OF IWO JIMA ENDS

IMPO

RTAN

T DA

TES

MARCH

14 2ND FLAG TAKEN DOWN

28 1/2” x 55 1/2”

58” x 88 3/4”

1

2

FLAG

S RA

ISED

6 FLAG RAISERS*

*For 2nd flag raising