This service branch's annual marathon starts & ends at a memorial depicting the Iwo Jima flag raising
... Marines of Company 
E, 2nd Battalion, started the tortuous climb up the rough ... Gagnon, Hayes, and 
Bradley, the three survivors of the flag raising (the others were killed on Iwo Jima)
,... [DOC] [TLE] Guide to the Marine Corps War Memorial | Washington.org [PAR] DC's appeal only grows as fall foliage starts to appear.