US Marine Corps War Memorial

US Marine Corps War Memorial at night

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Based on Joe Rosenthal's iconic photo of US Marines raising the flag on Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, the US Marine Corps War Memorial honors the marines who served in all conflicts in US history. The entire cost of the statue was donated by US Marines, friends of the Marine Corps, and members of the Naval Service.
Inscriptions
West side
UNCOMMON VALOR
WAS A COMMON VIRTUE
Semper Fidelis
East side
IN HONOR AND MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES TO THEIR COUNTRY SINCE 10 NOVEMBER 1975
Dedication
Felix W. deWeldon
Sculp. 1945-1954
Joseph Rosenthal
Photographer
February 23, 1956
Plaque
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS WAR MEMORIAL
DEDICATED TO THE MARINE DEAD OF ALL WARS, AND THEIR COMRADES OF OTHER SERVICES WHO FELL FIGHTING BESIDE THEM.
CREATED BY FELIX de WELDON, AND INSPIRED BY THE IMMORTAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN BY JOSEPH J. ROENTHAL ON FEBRUARY 23, 1945, ATOP MT. SURABACHI, IWO JIMA, VOLCANO ISLANDS.
ERECTED BY THE MARINE CORPS WAR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, WITH FUNDS PROVIDED BY MARINES AND THEIR FRIENDS, AND WITH THE COOPERATION AND SUPPORT OF MANY PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
DEDICATED, NOVEMBER 10, 1954
Campaigns
Revolutionary War 1775-1783
French Naval War 1798-1801
Tripoli 1801-1805
War of 1812 1812-1815
Florida Indian Wars
Mexico 1846-1848
War Between the States 1861-1865
Spanish War 1898
Philippine Insurrection 1898-1902
Boxer Rebellion 1900
Nicaragua 1912
Vera Cruz 1914
Haiti 1915-1934
Santo Domingo 1916-1924
World War I 1917-1918
Belleau Wood
Soissons
St. Mihiel
Blanc Mont
Meuse-Argonne
Nicaragua 1926-1933
World War II 1941-1945
1941;
Pearl Harbor
Wake Island
Bataan & Corregidor
1942;
Midway
Guadalcanal
1943;
New Georgia
Bougainville
Tarawa
New Britain
1944;
Marshall Islands
Marianas Islands
Peleliu
1945;
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Korea 1950
Lebanon 1958
Vietnam 1962-1975
Dominican Republic 1965
Lebanon 1981-1984
Grenada 1983
Persian Gulf 1987-1991
Panama 1988-1990
Somalia 1992-1994
Afghanistan 2001-
Iraq 2003-