The US National Iwo Jima Memorial is a memorial on Ella Grasso Boulevard, near the

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/ Newington town line in

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. It was erected by the Iwo Jima Survivors Association, Inc. of Newington, Connecticut. It was dedicated on February 23, 1995, on the 50th anniversary of the flag raising on

Iwo Jima Iwo Jima (, also ), known in Japan as , is one of the Japanese Volcano Islands and lies south of the Bonin Islands. Together with other islands, they form the Ogasawara Archipelago. The highest point of Iwo Jima is Mount Suribachi at high. ...

. It is dedicated to the memory of the 6,821 US servicemen who gave their lives during the 1945

Battle of Iwo Jima The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Navy (USN) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJ ...

. Inscribed on the base are the names of the 100 men from Connecticut who gave their lives in the battle. The park also has an

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and monuments dedicated to combat

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personnel and

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