Suribachi
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The Japanese tried this on Iwo Jima, and the Stars and Stripes ended up flying over Mount Suribachi.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
He was in the harbor at Iwo Jima to witness the raising of the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi, and had returned there in 2019, just before his 97th birthday.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024
Williams was a 21-year-old Marine Corps corporal when he watched from the bloodied, ashy beaches of Iwo Jima as the Stars and Stripes rose atop Mount Suribachi on Feb. 23, 1945.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 1, 2022
The fight for Iwo Jima gained worldwide attention from AP photographer Joe Rosenthal’s iconic image of the U.S. flag-raising on Mount Suribachi.
From Washington Times • Jun. 29, 2022
It was a long message because many of the words, such as Suribachi, had to be spelled out.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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