Battle of Iwo Jima Time Capsule - 50 Years - New Britain, CT
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The 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima was commemorated with a time capsule placed in the National Iwo Jima Memorial in New Britain, CT
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Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 12/04/2012
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The National Iwo Jima Memorial contains a sculpture of the iconic photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal of the four Marines and one Navy corpsman raising the American flag on Mt. Suribachi on February 23, 1945. On the ground at the back of the sculpture there is a bronze plaque above a time capsule vault. The time capsule was placed in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima by the Iwo Jima Survivors Association of Connecticut.
The bronze plaque has a silhouette image Joe Rosenthal's photograph and the following inscription:
UNDER THIS PLAQUE IS A TIME CAPSULE VAULT
COMMEMORATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE BATTLE FOR IWO JIMA.
IT INCLUDES THE OFFFICIAL CEMETERY FILE OF THE NAMES
OF THE 6,824 AMERICANS KILLED IN THE BATTLE
PLACED BY THE IWO JIMA BATTLE SURVIVORS,
IN PERPETUAL MEMORY
OF THEIR COMRADES
WHO MADE
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
DEDICATED MAY 30 - MEMORIAL DAY 1995
TO BE OPENED MAY 30, 2045
LEST WE FORGET
IWO JIMA SURVIVORS ASSOC. OF CONNECTICUT, INC.