Iwo Jima Monument West

MISSION: OPERATION HOME OF THE BRAVE

1.to purchase, transport to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton (CP) for perpetuity an original sculpture by Felix de Weldon of the Iwo Jima Flag Raising on Feb. 23, 1945 on Mt. Suribachi;
2.to build a memorial site that will befit its importance to the Marine Corps and the Nation as one of America's greatest and most profound symbols of courage as captured by the famous photograph of Joseph Rosenthal that electrified a war-weary Nation; and
3.to forever inspire and educate all generations that America is and will always remain “the home of the brave”.