Monument to the Marines of Iwo Jima — Arlington, Va — publisher A. Devaney, no. C9977

Description

Statue of the Iwo Jima Marines Monument in Arlington, Va, depicting the raising of the flag on the island in 1945. On the back, printed text indicates the statue was created in 1954 by Felix W. DeWeldon, a 1-cent American postage stamp, Washington D.C. postmark of February 10, 1962, and handwritten message addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Hockin in Mande, France.