Show specie special M U S postage estego L tamp washington D C raising the 1 ns 12 stop aton NT T sut Sur bachle on lworn iwo jima na by six ballant gullant marines is to be commemorated mem orated in washington on july 11 by the issuance of a special vial unil 1 1 i ted states postage stamp depicting t the dramatic occasion 5 the issuance of the iwo jima stamp the first of a series of cial stamps now being planned in honor of each branch of the th armed earned forces was vas first proposed by united states senator joseph C in a letter to the postmaster general on march ath on may 31 acting in behalf of himself and a group group of his colleagues senator introduced a senate resolution asking that at least one stamp be issued in honor of each branch of the arm ed services of the united states army navy marine corps coast guard and the merchant marine the crossing of the rhine at rena rein agen was also suggested in the res olif alution flon to commemorate an epi epic te event on the european front the special three cent stamp commemorating mem orating the achievements of the marines on iwo jima will carry as its central design the reproduction of the associated press news photo of the six marines as they raised the flag atop mt Sur Surba bachi ehi announcement that the iwo jima stamp would be issued was made by the post office department on june 7 seven days after the resolution was introduced OS of the six marines who participated in the flag raising only three haye survived the war in the pacific and are now touring the united states in I 1 behalf of the ath war loan drive the posters for which port portray ray thi the I 1 I 1 flag raising on mt Suri bachi |