Without looking it up ...

[Sojourner]

[img]http://www.iwojima.com/images/main_small.gif[/img]

[Sojourner]

Just curious ...

[journeyman]

it's the original, and not the statute in Virginia

[Socrates]

Every American should know what this picture is of!

[philothea]

Voted "I think so, but I'm not sure" (but I would say that about almost anything). I was correct, though.

[photosynthesis]

I slept through most of history class... except for my sophomore year where my teacher was a vietnam vet with post traumatic stress disorder, and the students would terrorize him by picking up desks and chairs and dropping them, and the teacher would get down under his desk and go "GET DOWN! GET DOWN BOYS! THE ENEMY IS HERE!" and then for 15 minutes class would be suspended because the poor guy thought he was still in vietnam. you just can't sleep through stuff like that.

Edited November 25, 2005 by photosynthesis

[benedictaj]

[quote name='Socrates' date='Nov 25 2005, 06:07 PM']Every American should know what this picture is of!
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I don't know what it is....

[quote name='photosynthesis' date='Nov 25 2005, 08:11 PM']I slept through most of history class...  except for my sophomore year where my teacher was a vietnam vet with post traumatic stress disorder, and the students would terrorize him by picking up desks and chairs and dropping them, and the teacher would get down under his desk and go "GET DOWN!  GET DOWN BOYS!  THE ENEMY IS HERE!" and then for 15 minutes class would be suspended because the poor guy thought he was still in vietnam.  you just can't sleep through stuff like that.
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Thats horrible! How did they get away with that?!

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[ReinnieR]

i know what that is

and i was born in the philippines

then again i'm military

[Didacus]

I iknow what it is, and I'm Canadien, and I'm not military.

But then again, I am a little older than the average around here.

FACT: This picture was posed, and not spontaneous as many believe.

[cmotherofpirl]

Last night was Jay Lenos miltary thanksgiving show and he did a jaywalking segment. Those people did NOT know.
I have a pic of the statue.

[Church Punk]

Well I know this picture and I am not even American!

[Extra ecclesiam nulla salus]

you right also they were putting up a different flag for some time after they had conquered the island.

[homeschoolmom]

[quote name='cmotherofpirl' date='Nov 25 2005, 08:20 AM']Last night was Jay Lenos miltary thanksgiving show and he did a jaywalking segment. Those people did NOT know.
I have a pic of the statue.
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That's what inspired this thread... We were sitting around watching it-- not at all surprised at the lack of knowledge of the "All Stars" thinking that a lot of people probably didn't know that one. (HSdad, Sojourner and I all knew, of course. )

[cmotherofpirl]

My kids were howling, but my sons GF did NOT know!!!!!!! {That is a bad sign. ]

[Linda]

[quote name='Socrates' date='Nov 25 2005, 07:07 AM']Every American should know what this picture is of!
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Then it is good that I'm not an american, else it would be really embarising

[homeschoolmom]

[quote]my sons GF did NOT know!!!!!!! [/quote]

Maybe she could be a jaywalker...

[cmotherofpirl]

[quote name='Linda' date='Nov 25 2005, 10:16 AM']Then it is good that I'm not an american, else it would be really embarising 
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Welcome to Phatmass

[zabbazooey]

What is it a picture of?

[Sojourner]

Iwo Jima. A quick google search should fill you in on the details.

[avemaria40]

I knew it had to do with WW2 but I mistakenly thought it was D-Day for some reason. Maybe I had Saving Private Ryan on the brain