PLATOON SERGEANT ERNEST I. THOMAS WAR MEMORIAL
IN RECOGNITION OF PLATOON SERGEANT ERNEST I. THOMAS U.S.M.C.R. WHO ON FEBRUARY 23, 1945, LED HIS PLATOON TO RAISE THE FIRST FLAG ON IWO JIMA, THE FIRST JAPANESE TERRITORY TAKEN IN WORLD WAR II. ON MARCH 3RD, EIGHT DAYS AFTER THE FIRST FLAG RAISING AND TEN DAYS AFTER HE EARNED THE NAVY CROSS FOR HEROISM IN ACTION, HE WAS KILLED LEADING HIS MEN IN COMBAT.
MARCH 10, 1924-MARCH 3, 1945
SEE ALSO-PLATOON SERGEANT ERNEST I. THOMAS WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
MARCH 10, 1924-MARCH 3, 1945
SEE ALSO-PLATOON SERGEANT ERNEST I. THOMAS WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Listing Details
- Public
- WORLD WAR II
- Stone Carving Memorials
- 1981
- WASHINGTON STREET AND MAHAN DRIVE
- 32344
- DUANE HALL
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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