The Battle of Iwo Jima will be at East Hartford Historical Society on Saturday March 10th from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM in the Raymond Meeting Room 1
The historic 36-day battle began on February 19, 1945. There were 6,821 American Servicemen killed, including 100 from Connecticut. Come hear about the National Iwo Jima Memorial in CT and the Survivors who built it. Learn about East Hartford’s Roger Olmsted who fought and died in the battle.
*View World War II memorabilia
*View uniforms and mementos belonging to Iwo Jima Survivors
*Learn about the East Hartford Historical Society*Refreshments served
We will also be discussing the Navajo Code Talkers who helped win the battle with their unbreakable code, our Iwo Jima/WWII Museum: and the upcoming Victory Ride/OPERATION THANK YOU to honor all WWII Veterans. Click on the video below to see a slideshow of last years Operation Thank You:
On February 23rd 1945: U.S. flag raised on Iwo Jima:
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During the bloody Battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines from the 3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Regiment of the 5th Division take the crest of Mount Suribachi, the island’s highest peak and most strategic position, and raise the U.S. flag. Marine photographer Louis Lowery was with them and recorded the event. American soldiers fighting for control of Suribachi’s slopes cheered the raising of the flag, and several hours later more Marines headed up to the crest with a larger flag. Joe Rosenthal, a photographer with the Associated Press, met them along the way and recorded the raising of the second flag along with a Marine still photographer and a motion-picture cameraman.
Rosenthal took three photographs atop Suribachi. The first, which showed five Marines and one Navy corpsman struggling to hoist the heavy flag pole, became the most reproduced photograph in history and won him a Pulitzer Prize. The accompanying motion-picture footage attests to the fact that the picture was not posed. Of the other two photos, the second was similar to the first but less affecting, and the third was a group picture of 18 soldiers smiling and waving for the camera. Many of these men, including three of the six soldiers seen raising the flag in the famous Rosenthal photo, were killed before the conclusion of the Battle for Iwo Jima in late March.
