Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they've made a difference.
The Marines don't have that problem. The proposed Air Force Memorial is to be located on Arlington Ridge, already home to the Marine Corps War Memorial and Netherlands Carillon. Parking for the memorial will be provided by 40 visitor-parking spaces to be located in a currently wooded area. Friends of Iwo Jima believes that locating the Air Force Memorial in the Iwo Jima Park will cause irreversible damage to the environment and greatly detract from both the natural beauty of the park and the magnificence of the Iwo Jima Memorial and Netherlands Carillon. The building design is based on a five-pointed star.