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The Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington, Virginia and the Famous Photograph that Inspired It
From Learning English, welcome to This Is America. Im Steve Ember.
Visitors to Washington, DC know about such tourist attractions as the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials...the World War Two Memorial...the Washington Monument. But wed like to tell you today about a very special monument, just across the Potomac River from Washington, in Arlington Virginia. The Marine Corps War Memorial, also called the Iwo Jima Memorial, is one of the largest free-standing statues in the world. Today we tell you about this memorial and the story behind it.
Visitor from Arlington, Virginia: Its very overpowering. You cant help but think about all the lives that have been lost for our country.
Our program today is about one moment in time.
[Camera Shutter at 1/400th second]
Joe Rosenthals photo of Marines of the 28th Regiment of the Fifth Division raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, on February 23, 1945
?Really, 1/400th of a second! That is the amount of time it took Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal to capture an historic image on film.
The photograph shows six men and an American flag during a battle in World War II. Joe Rosenthal took the picture on February 23, 1945, on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima. Japanese forces held the island. American Marines were attempting to capture it.
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