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Headquarters and Service Battalion, Headquarters Marine Corps, Henderson Hall Commanding Officer Col. Ira M. Cheatham, H&S Bn. HQMC Henderson Hall Battalion Sgt. Maj. Craig D. Cressman and founder of the Marine Corps War Memorial Foundation James P. Donovan approach Marine Corps War Memorial to lay a wreath in recognition of the 68th anniversary of the Battle for Iwo Jima Feb. 22. The Marine Corps War Memorial depicts a photograph taken during the battle by Joe Rosenthal of Marines and a Navy corpsman raising the American flag Feb. 23, 1945. The memorial honors all Marines who have given their lives in service to their country. - Headquarters and Service Battalion, Headquarters Marine Corps, Henderson Hall Commanding Officer Col. Ira M. Cheatham, H&S Bn. HQMC Henderson Hall Battalion Sgt. Maj. Craig D. Cressman and founder of the Marine Corps War Memorial Foundation James P. Donovan approach Marine Corps War Memorial to lay a wreath in recognition of the 68th anniversary of the Battle for Iwo Jima Feb. 22. The Marine Corps War Memorial depicts a photograph taken during the battle by Joe Rosenthal of Marines and a Navy corpsman raising the American flag Feb. 23, 1945. The memorial honors all Marines who have given their lives in service to their country.

Frank G. Willetto, an 84-year-old Navajo Code Talker, renders honors during the playing of the national anthem at a ceremony commemorating the 65th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Va., Feb. 19, 2010. In February 1945 the United States launched its first assault against the Japanese at Iwo Jima, resulting in some of the fiercest fighting of the war. - Frank G. Willetto, an 84-year-old Navajo Code Talker, renders honors during the playing of the national anthem at a ceremony commemorating the 65th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Va., Feb. 19, 2010. In February 1945 the United States launched its first assault against the Japanese at Iwo Jima, resulting in some of the fiercest fighting of the war.

U.S. Marines stationed at Henderson Hall in Arlington, Va., stand at parade rest in front of the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington moments before a flag raising ceremony Feb. 23. Active duty and reserve Marines, Marine veterans, retired Marines and civilian spectators gathered at the memorial, which depicts the five Marines and one Navy corpsman raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi during World War II, to observe the 64th anniversary of the actual flag-raising. - U.S. Marines stationed at Henderson Hall in Arlington, Va., stand at parade rest in front of the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington moments before a flag raising ceremony Feb. 23. Active duty and reserve Marines, Marine veterans, retired Marines and civilian spectators gathered at the memorial, which depicts the five Marines and one Navy corpsman raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi during World War II, to observe the 64th anniversary of the actual flag-raising.