2007-08-20 15:21:44 · 8 answers · asked by Kevin P 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
what were there names and when did they die
2007-08-20 15:26:30 · update #1
http://www.iwojima.com/raising/raisingc.htm
The Flag Raisers
There are six Flag Raisers on the photo. Four in the front line and two in back.
The front four are (left to right) Ira Hayes, Franklin Sousley, John Bradley and Harlon Block.
The back two are Michael Strank (behind Sousley) and Rene Gagnon (behind Bradley).
Strank, Block and Sousley would die shortly afterwards. Bradley, Hayes and Gagnon became national heroes within weeks.
Mike Strank
b. 1919 Jarabenia, Czechoslovakia.
d. 1945 Iwo Jima, Japan.
Marine Corps
Harlon Block
b. 1924 Yorktown, Texas.
d. 1945 Iwo Jima, Japan.
Marine Corps
Franklin Sousley
b. Sept. 19, 1925 Hilltop, KY.
d. March 21, 1945 Iwo Jima, Japan.
Marine Corps
Ira Hayes
b. January 12, 1923 Sacaton, Arizona
d. January 24, 1955 Bapchule, Arizona
Marine Corps
Ira Hayes was a Pima Indian.
Rene Gagnon
b. Manchester, N.H. March 7, 1925
d. Manchester, N.H. October 12, 1979
Marine Corps
John Bradley
b. July 10, 1923 Antigo, WI.
d. January 11, 1994 Antigo, WI.
"Doc" Bradley was a Navy Corpsman
2007-08-20 16:46:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ira Hayes, Franklin Sousley, John Bradley, Harlon Block.
Michael Strank and Rene Gagnon . The other answer posted is wrong, they were not all white, Ira was a Pima Indian who died of alchol abuse, listen to the song by Johnny Cash. The mountain was MT Suribachi. Also noted japan just changed the name from Iwo Jima to Iwoto, the islands orginal name
2007-08-20 15:30:20 · answer #2 · answered by stoneyeyes2000 2 · 6⤊ 1⤋
The marines are trying to see if a "Harold Henry Schultz" was one of them. Deceased since 1995, because of some discrepancies between two pictures taken at that time. Odd. http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2016/05/03/detroit-marine-iwo-jima/83895712/
2016-05-06 12:07:41 · answer #3 · answered by Carrie L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Three of these men died on Iwo Jima, Block and Strank on Feb 28th 1945; Sousley on March 24th.
Hayes died in January 1955
Gagnon --October 1979
Bradley in January 1994
a great loss for all of us.
2007-08-20 15:58:10 · answer #4 · answered by oldsalt 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Ira Hayes, Franklin Sousley, John Bradley, Harlon Block, Michael Strank and Rene Gagnon. See below.
2007-08-20 15:27:31 · answer #5 · answered by staisil 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
They were soldiers
See
http://bpapa.2ya.com
The bloodiest single battle ever in U.S foreign wars
was the period from Feb 18 1945 to March 25th
During the battle for Iwo Jima
nearly 7000 Marines and Navy personnel lost their lives
The Flag raising statue in the pic seen here
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/floridaguy22/iwo.jpg
is located in my home town
Cape Coral, FL. and is
One of only 4 full size replicas of the original sculpture
2007-08-20 16:00:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They were U.S. marines.
They were not all white, one at least was a Native American.
2007-08-20 15:25:17 · answer #7 · answered by bgee2001ca 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'll tell you...
THEY WERE 5 WHITE MEN, THEY RAISED THAT FLAG TWICE ON MOUNT. SIRCHBACHIE.
AND THAT 1 NATIVE AMERICAN WAS CUT OUT OF THE PICTURE. HE WASN'T EVEN ALLOWED TO TOUCH THE POLE AND THE FLAG BIG WOW!
2007-08-20 15:24:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 7⤋