2nd Lt. Jayson M. Davidson
Iraq Map
Afghanistan Map
Marine
Attack Squadron 269 Harrier lands aboard USS Iwo Jima
1st
Mar Div - Fallujah munitions search
(LCAC)
brings vehicles and personnel aboard USS Iwo Jima
IWO
JIMA
FLAG RAISING
The First Flag Raising
Photo by Lou Lowery
10AM, Feb. 23, 1945
The Changing of the Flags
Photo by Bob Campbell
The Second Flag Raising
The Most Famous Photo
by Joe Rosenthal
A Cropped Version
From www.history.navy.mil/
:
The first flag, measuring 54x28 inches, was obtained from attack
transport USS Missoula (APA-211), and raised on a 20-foot section
of pipe at 10:20 a.m.
Several hours later, an 8-foot-long battle ensign, obtained from tank
landing ship LST-779 , was raised, resulting in Associated Press
photographer Joe Rosenthal's famous photograph of the flag raising.When
Marines raised the flag on Mount Suribachi, Navajo Code Talkers relayed
the message with the Navajo words for: S heep - U ncle - R am
- I ce - B ear - A nt - C at - H orse - I tch.
(Code Talker Page )
This photograph inspired the bronze monument to the Marine Corps by
Felix de Welden located near Arlington National Cemetery.
Sgt.
Alejandro Galvez - MCRD San Diego
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Images from the USMC
Image Archive
Two rifles and helmets stand as
a memorial to the two Marines from Motor Transportation Company,
Regimental Combat Team 7, who were killed by hostile actions near Fallujah
Sept 24, 2004.
Lance Cpl. Ramone Mateo, 21, motor
transport mechanic, and Lance Cpl. Arron Boyles, 25, motor transport
operator, gave their lives during stability and stabilization operations
in Iraq.
Photo by:Cpl. Matthew R. Jones
11th MEU - An Najaf - Operation Iraqi Freedom 2
LCU enters USS Fort McHenry
Harrier Eclipse
22nd MEU - Afghanistan
22nd MEU - Sniper!
22nd
MEU - See SAW
22nd MEU
- Firefight
1st Marine Division - LAV Provides Security- Syrian
Border
Camp Blessing - Nagolan, Afghanistan
RCT-7 - Operation Al Fajr - Iraq
15th MEU - Realistic
Urban Environment exercise
1st
Mar Div - Ar Ramadi, Iraq
26th MEU - Amphibious Specialty Training
22nd MEU - Sea Knight approaches USS Iwo Jima
MCAS
- Cherry Point- C130Js
Marine Corps Rifle Team during
long-range competitions in 1914.
The M-40A3 is the new
precision
fire weapon used by Marine snipers.
Sketch
- 11th
MEU Sniper exchanges fire
with Muqtada Militia snipers in An Najaf, Iraq
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