Why was the Iwo Jima statue built?

Answer 1

The Iwo Jima statue was built to commemorate the valor of the men who fought in the South Pacific. This part of the war was often overlooked, and the Battle of Iwo Jima was a hard fought and pivotal victory on that front.

Answer 2

The first flag becomes the main flag, so after being raised, it becomes incased and listed as the first flag raised and saved for historic and special events purposes. The second of course replaces the first.

Answer 3

In World War II, the US marines and other fighting men had a truly awful, horrible time in taking Mount Suribachi, as the Japanese defenders were in thousands of caves and tunnels dug underground. A US soldier could literally be standing on an air and observation hole down into one of these tunnels and never know it was there until a Japanese soldier shot him from inside the tunnel.

So it was a great, great relief when the Marines reached the top of Suribachi - it meant that they were going to win the battle, after all. In their excitement and patriotism, one of the Marine's little US flags was tied to a staff and raised right at the very top of Suribachi, and big rocks were put around the base of the staff to hold it upright.

A news reporter traveling with this particular Marine unit saw this, but could not take a picture of it. So he had these Marines repeat the entire flag-raising process. He got his picture, and it became one of the USA's most recognized pictures of all time. This little flag-raising symbolized the great nation of the United States, the great patriotism of the Marines, and serves as a symbol of the thousands who died defending their country during the Iwo Jima campaign.

Answer 4

because we're awesome