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Uncommon Valor

1. Uncommon Valor Marker   Inscription. "Uncommon Valor Was A Common Virtue" Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima 20 February 1945 1  PFC Ira Hayes,USMCR Sacaton, Arizona MCRD, San Diago Aug 42 2  PFC Franklin R. Sousley,USMCR Flemingsburg KY 21 Mar 45 (KIA) MCRD, San Diago Jan 44 3  Sgt. Michael Strank, USMC Conemaugh, Pa. 1 Mar 45 (KIA) MCRD, Parris Island Oct 39 4  PHM2/C (corpsman) John H Bradley, USN Antigo, Wisconsin Recruit Training Farragut Idaho Jan 43 5  PFC Rene Gagnon, USMCR Manchester NH MCRD, Parris Island Mar 43 6  CPL Harlon H Block, USMC Yorktown TX 1 Mar 45 (KIA) MCRD, San Diago Feb 43 . Location. 32° 21.032′ N, 80° 40.923′ W. Marker is in Parris Island, South Carolina, in Beaufort County. Marker is on Blvd. deFrance, on the left when traveling east.  Between Midway and Vera Cruz Streets. Marker is in this post office area: Parris Island SC 29905, United States of America. .   2. Uncommon Valor Marker ( Laurel Wreath Emblem ) Uncommon Valor Was A Common Virtue Semper Fidelis   Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. Memorial at Arlington, Va Also see . . . 1. Marine Corps War Memorial (Arlington, VA). Five Marines and a Navy corpsman mounted the new flag on a piece of pipe. Together they raised this flag atop the former Japanese bastion. The six flag-raisers represented a cross-section of America: - PFC Ira Hayes, a full-blooded Pima Indian from Arizona. - Sgt. Michael Strank, a Pennsylvania coal mine worker. - Cpl. Harlon Block, a draftee from the Texas oil fields. - PFC Franklin Sousley, a 19 year old Kentucky farm boy. - PFC Rene Gagnon, a New Englander rejected by the Navy. - PM2 (corpsman) John Bradley, a funeral director's apprentice. 2. Flag Raising at Mt. Suribachi, (sculpture), SIRIS entry. Inventory of American Sculpture 64470001 Additional comments. 1. "...stopping time for 1/400th of a second..." Joe Rosenthal, of the Associated Press, photographed the men as they raised the flag. That picture, stopping time for 1/400th of a second, would become the most famous photograph of all time. After 36 terrible days, Iwo Jima finally fell to the Marines. Of the forty men in 3rd Platoon who stormed the beach, only four escaped from being killed or seriously wounded on Iwo Jima. Of the six men who raised the flag, Cpl. Block, Sgt. Strank, and   3. Uncommon Valor Marker In Honor and In memory of the men of the United States Marine Corps who have given their lives to their country since 10 November 1775   PFC Sousley were killed-in-action within days. They are among the 6,821 Americans who never left Iwo Jima alive. Further, an additional 19,217 Americans were maimed or grievously wounded. In July 1947 the U.S. Congress authorized a Marine Corps War Memorial, based on the timeless photograph by Joe Rosenthal. The new memorial was sculpted by Felix de Weldon. In 108 separate pieces, it was cast in a New York foundry and then trucked to Washington. Ground-breaking and assembly began on 19 February 1954, the ninth anniversary of the Iwo Jima landing. The final cost of $850,000 was borne entirely by donations, 96 percent of them from U.S. Marines. Burnished into the base of polished black Swedish granite, in gold letters, is the inscription, "Uncommon Valor Was A Common Virtue." excerpt from Warrior Culture of the U.S. Marines, copyright 2001. Marion F. Sturkey, made available by the Heritage Press International (see links).       2. The heroic flag raising on Mount Surabachi, Iwo Jima, in 1945 An inspiration to all Americans as a symbol of freedom, the monument personifies several of the many qualities Marines instill in recruits: confidence, discipline, fidelity and the rugged determination to overcome insurmountable odds. This version, constructed of coated plaster, was made by Felix de Weldon and predates his more famous bronze version near Arlington Cemetery, Washington D.C. This piece was used to raise money for the much larger bronze monument that was eventually erected in our nation’s capital. It replicates perhaps the most famous photograph of all time, that taken by Combat Photographer Joe Rosenthal.   4. Stopping Time For 1/400th Of A Second, Would Become The Most Famous Photograph Of All Time.

By Paul Henry, June 26, 2009 5. Iwo Jima Monument, Parris Island US Marine Corps Recruit Depot Commemorating the heroic flag raising on Mount Surabach, Iwo Jima, in 1945	6. Washington DC Bronze Monument ( Arlington , Virginia )
7. Marine Memorial, famous bronze version near Arlington Cemetery.