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U.S. Marines march past the Marine Corps War Memorial during a
wreath laying ceremony in honor of the 233rd Marine Corps birthday, Washington,
D.C., Nov. 10, 2008. The sculpture of five Marines and a
Navy corpsman raising an American flag atop Mount Siribachi commemorates the
6,800 servicemembers who died capturing the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during
World War II.
U.S. Navy photo by
Petty Officer 2nd Class Kevin S. O'Brien |