The Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima Memorial) dedicated by President Dwight Eisenhower in Arlington, Virginia, near Rosslyn. The Arlington Towers development, later named River Place, is seen in the background. Military personnel and civilians attend the ceremony. Service men salute. The press and media. Civilian photographers take photographs, record the event and take notes. An NBC Television cameraman recording the event. United States Marines in uniform. The Marine Honor Guard marches, followed by Marine Unit. Officers salute. People observe the Memorial. Officers and dignitaries seated before the Memorial. The dignitaries include President Dwight Eisenhower, Vice President Richard Nixon, U.S. Marine Corps Commander General Lemuel Shepherd, Jr., and the three surviving flag raisers: Ira Hayes, Rene Gagnon and John Bradley. President Eisenhower greets a military officer. The Marines with the USMC flag.
USS Maine Memorial and Tomb of the Unknown at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, United States. USS Maine Memorial at a distance. Tomb of the Unknown, guard in front of the Tomb. Guard in front of the USS Maine Memorial. Flowers in honor of Filipino President Manuel Quezon placed before the USS Maine Memorial where he is buried. Cannon near the Arlington National Cemetery Amphitheater. Anchor near USS Maine Memorial.
USMC War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia in the United States. The Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington (sometimes called the Iwo Jima Memorial). U.S. Marine Corps during a drill in front of the memorial. The Marines marching in formation. People watching the Marines. A few men and women sitting in a roped off area. A few of them standing behind them. The Marines blowing bugles march in position. The Marines marching and a band master in front. A U.S. Marine in dress blues, in the audience.. A man taking pictures with a camera. The crowd gathered applauds.
Guard of Honor at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Soldiers stand with rifles and flags in hand. American and United States Marine Corps flags at half mast. A soldier sounds a bugle and salutes. Dignitaries come out of a building. They place a wreath at the cemetery.
Burial of Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel Virgil I. Grissom, United States Air Force, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Funeral attendees stand behind roped off area. Officer stands holding flag over the casket. Flag folding ceremony takes place. Fly over of three F-101's with missing slot. Family of the astronaut sits on the chairs. The casket lowered into the grave. A man stands at head of a grave with head bowed.
Funeral service for Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel Virgil I.(Gus) Grissom, USAF, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Air Force pallbearers transfer Astronaut Grissom's flag draped casket from hearse to horse-drawn caisson at the Administration building. USAF band leads the funeral procession through cemetery and arrives at the gravesite.
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