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Word Problems

1. The concrete base foundation of the Iwo Jima measures 10x15x9 feet. What is the volume of the foundation?
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2. After the capture of Iwo Jima, more than 30,000 American Airmen's lives were saved when more than 2,400 disabled B-29 bombers were able to make emergency landings at the Iwo Jima Airfield after making bombing flights over Japan. What is the fraction of people disable over the Airmen’s lives saved?
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3. The symbol for FDR's "7th Bond Drive."  For the next two months everyone in America would see this picture over and over. You could see it in 266,000 places. You couldn't avoid it. It hung in Movie Theaters, banks, factories, railroad stations, and billboards. Using the chart below, determine many billboard there were.
   

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Scavenger  Hunt

1. Who sculpted the Iwo Jima Memorial Monument?
2. How tall is the flagpole on the monument?
3. What was the entire cost of the statue and developing of the memorial site?
4. Where is the island of Iwo Jima located?
5. What fraction of the marines was killed on the island?
6. When was the battle of Iwo Jima fought?

Answers to Scavenger  Hunt

1. The island of Iwo Jima is located approximately 60,500 miles south of Tokyo, Japan.
2. The statue consists of a 12 foot flagpole.
3. The entire cost of the statue and developing the memorial site was a total of $850,000.
4. The battle of Iwo Jima was not the highest in casualties.
5. Joseph Petrovics sculpted the Iwo Jima Memorial Monument.

Answers to Fact or Fiction

Iwo Jima Memorial is located near Arlington Cemetery across the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., which is six blocks from Rosslyn Metro station.  The Iwo Jima Monument memorializes the most famous incidents in World War II in 1944.  Including all of the men who gave their lives in defense of the United States since 1775.  It is open daily, 24 hours with no admission.  The Marine Corps presents the Marine Sunset Review Parade featuring the Drum and Bugle Corp and the Silent Drill Team. This show only takes place on Tuesdays from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., May through August. It is free to the public.  This monument is the largest cast-bronze statue in the world. 
          Joseph Petrovics sculpted the Iwo Jima Memorial Monument.  When it took three years to construct the monument in Brooklyn, N.Y.  The cast-bronze statue weighed nearly twenty tons.  The statue consists of 32-foot-tall figures and a 60-foot-tall flagpole.  Three of the men who raised the flag were killed before the battle was even over.  Two of the figures are carrying a rifle on display.  The rifles are 12 and 16 feet long, respectively.  The entire cost of the statue and developing the memorial site was a total of $850,000.  There were no public funds used towards the statue.  All the money came from friends of the Marine Corps, members of the Naval Service, and United States Marines.
         The island of Iwo Jima is located approximately 650 miles south of Tokyo, Japan.  Iwo Jima is approximately 2 miles wide, 4 miles long, and 8 square miles.  In World War II, one-third of the marines killed were killed on the island of Iwo Jima.   The battle of Iwo Jima was the highest in casualties.  Over 132 Americans were killed but unidentifiable and was listed as “unknown”.  This battle of Iwo Jima was fought between the United States and Imperial Japan during February and March of 1945.

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Answer to Math Word Problem.

1. 1,350 feet
2. 2/25
3. 5,000 Billboards

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Answers to Scavenger Hunt

1. Joseph Petrovics
2. 60 feet tall
3. $850,000
4. Approximately 650 miles south of Tokyo, Japan
5. One-third
6. February and March of 1945

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1. False, 650 miles.
2. False, 60 foot flag pole.
3. True.
4. False, highest in casualties.
5. True.

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Citation

National Iwo Jima Memorial Monument. 07 Feb. 2006                           <http://www.webtravels.com/iwojima/infosheet.htm>.