Suribachi
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The photographer accompanied a group of Marines on a bold mission to the top of Mount Suribachi, jumping into position and taking a single exposure that became his Pulitzer Prize-winning shot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
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
Hershel W. “Woody” 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 Washington Post ● Jun. 29, 2022
Our first major objective on the island had been to take Mount Suribachi, but the fierce Japanese resistance made it almost impossible.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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