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PLATOON SERGEANT ERNEST I. THOMAS WAR MEMORIAL

PLATOON SERGEANT ERNEST I. THOMAS WAR MEMORIAL
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Location: WASHINGTON STREET AND MAHAN DRIVE

City: MONTICELLO

State: Florida

Zip Code: 32344

Type of Memorial: Stone Carving Memorials

Year Dedicated: 1981

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR II

Photograph By: DUANE HALL

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

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


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