Uyazi ukuthi i- Hartford County yaseConnecticut iyisiKhumbuzo se-National It Jima Memorial? Itholakala eNew Britain - eNewington, e-Connecticut, e-town line. Siyidlulisela phambili ku-Route 9 ngaso sonke isikhathi futhi sibona ifulegi lezinkanyezi ezingu-48 likhanyisa futhi i-flame ephakade ishisa ngehora. Kodwa sekudlule iminyaka ngaphambi kokuba sihambe emgwaqweni we-Route 9 ekuphumeni kwe-29 (Ella Grasso Boulevard) ukuze sibukeze lo mkhuba othakazelisayo kulabo baseMelika abafa esiqhingini sase-Iwo Jima ngesikhathi sekuvulwa umkhankaso wokulwa namaJapane e-World Impi II.
I-National Iwo Jima Memorial ngo-CT
Isikhumbuzo sithatha isifuba esivela emfanekisweni odumile, omlando nguJoe Rosenthal wokuphakamisa ifulege laseMelika eNtabeni Suribachi, i-Iwo Jima, ngoFebhuwari 23, 1945. Ekhishwe nguJoseph Petrovics, i-Iwo Jima Memorial yazinikezelwa iminyaka engu-50 lelo phepha elimlando liphakamisa, ngoFebhuwari 23, 1995. Ngosuku lukaVeteran ngo-1996, lesi sigameko se-Connecticut sasibizwa ngokusemthethweni njengeNationalument Jima Memorial Monument.
Lesi sikhumbuzo sakhulelwa futhi sakhiwe uDkt. George Gentile, umsunguli we-Iwo Jima Survivors Association, Inc. Amalungu e-Newington-based Association aphakamisa izimali ezenze ukwakhiwa kwalesi sikhumbuzo kubantu babo abawa phansi.
Ngesikhathi amaMarines ayisithupha aphakamisa ifulege phezu kukaJima - Harlon Block, uJohn H. Bradley, uRene Gagnon, u-Ira Hayes, uFranklin Sousley noMike Strank - bahlala bengenasiphelo emfanekisweni wesibhafu ophezu kwesikhumbuzo, isikhumbuzo sinikezelwe kubo bonke abangu-6 821 baseMelika abafa e-Iwo Jima.
I-flame engunaphakade idla izinsuku ezingu-365 ngonyaka, amahora angu-24 ngosuku, njengesikhumbuzo seminikelo eyenziwa yibo bonke abavikela inkululeko phakathi neMpi Yezwe yesibili.