Suribachi

American

[soor-uh-bah-chee] / ˌsʊər əˈbɑ tʃi /

noun

an extinct volcano on Iwo Jima island: World War II battle 1945.

Suribachi British

/ ˌsʊərɪˈbɑːtʃɪ /

noun

a volcanic hill in the Volcano Islands, on Iwo Jima: site of a US victory (1945) over the Japanese in World War II

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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

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

Severance’s battalion commander ordered him to send a patrol to the island’s highest point, 554-foot Mount Suribachi.

From Washington Post • Aug. 6, 2021

North of Mount Suribachi, the rest of the island widened out.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac

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