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Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
Three Marines in the photograph , Sergeant Michael Strank , Corporal Harlon Block ( misidentified as Sergeant Hank Hansen until January 1947 ) , and Private First Class Franklin Sousley were killed in action over the next few days . The other three surviving flag - raisers in the photograph were Corporals ( then Private First Class ) Rene Gagnon , Ira Hayes , and Harold Schultz ( misidentified as PhM2c . John Bradley until June 2016 ) . Both men originally misidentified as flag raisers had helped raise a smaller flag about 90 minutes earlier , and were both still on the mountaintop and witnessed -- but were not part of -- the specific moment of raising the larger flag that was captured in the Pulitzer Prize - winning photo . 
Three Marines in the photograph , Sergeant Michael Strank , Corporal Harlon Block ( misidentified as Sergeant Hank Hansen until January 1947 ) , and Private First Class Franklin Sousley were killed in action over the next few days . The other three surviving flag - raisers in the photograph were Corporals ( then Private First Class ) Rene Gagnon , Ira Hayes , and Harold Schultz ( misidentified as PhM2c . John Bradley until June 2016 ) . Both men originally misidentified as flag raisers had helped raise a smaller flag about 90 minutes earlier , and were both still on the mountaintop and witnessed -- but were not part of -- the specific moment of raising the larger flag that was captured in the Pulitzer Prize - winning photo .
Three Marines in the photograph, Sergeant Michael Strank, Corporal Harlon Block and Private First Class Franklin Sousley were killed in action over the next few days. The other three surviving flag raisers in the photograph were Corporals Rene Gagnon, Ira Hayes and Harold Schultz. Both men originally misidentified as flag raisers had helped raise a smaller flag about 90 minutes earlier and were both still on the mountaintop and witnessed -- but were not part of -- the specific moment of raising the larger flag that was captured in the Pulitzer Prize winning photo.
Three Marines in the photograph , Sergeant Michael Strank , Corporal Harlon Block ( misidentified as Sergeant Hank Hansen until January 1947 ) , and Private First Class Franklin Sousley were killed in action over the next few days . The other three surviving flag - raisers in the photograph were Corporals ( then Private First Class ) Rene Gagnon , Ira Hayes , and Harold Schultz ( misidentified as PhM2c . Both men originally misidentified as flag raisers had helped raise a smaller flag about 90 minutes earlier , and were both still on the mountaintop and witnessed -- but were not part of -- the specific moment of raising the larger flag that was captured in the Pulitzer Prize - winning photo .
The Marines in the photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima are Sergeant Michael Strank , Corporal Harlon Block, Private First Class Franklin Sousley, Corporals Rene Gagnon , Ira Hayes , and Harold Schultz.
Three Marines in the photograph , Sergeant Michael Strank , Corporal Harlon Block ( misidentified as Sergeant Hank Hansen until January 1947 ) , and Private First Class Franklin Sousley were killed in action over the next few days . The other three surviving flag - raisers in the photograph were Corporals ( then Private First Class ) Rene Gagnon , Ira Hayes , and Harold Schultz ( misidentified as PhM2c .