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Rene Gagnon. René Arthur Gagnon (March 7, 1925 – October 12, 1979) was a United States Marine Corps corporal who participated in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II . Gagnon was generally known as being one of the Marines who raised the second U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945, as depicted in the iconic ...
5 giu 2007 · Rene Gagnon was just 18, a high school dropout who worked in the textile mills of his native Manchester, New Hampshire, when he became a Marine in May 1943. Less than two years later, it was Rene, a month shy of 20, who carried the American flag — the second one to fly that day […]
Ira Hayes, Rene Gagnon and John Bradley toured the nation after returning home from Iwo Jima. They rallied support and advertised war bonds. Because of the posters and national tour, the Seventh War Loan Drive raised more than $26.3 million for the war effort.
- Gabrielle Kramer
23 feb 2014 · The five-week Battle of Iwo Jima was one of the fiercest and bloodiest of the War in the Pacific. On Feb. 19, 1945 Rene Gagnon landed with the Marines on Green Beach. Four days later he participated in the most celebrated flag-raising in history.
2 mar 2024 · Her troubles are the latest for the family of war hero Rene Gagnon, who died of a heart attack at age 54 in 1979. Gagnon, who once said being a war hero was a blessing and a curse, was troubled by alcohol abuse throughout his life. His drinking got him fired from one job on Memorial Day in 1978.
16 ott 2019 · The Marine Corps corrected a 74-year-old error with the announcement that a corporal from Iowa named Harold 'Pie' Keller helped raise the flag in the Iwo Jima photo, not Pfc. Rene Gagnon
23 feb 2022 · While Schultz and his team maintained security at the top of the mountain, Johnson sent up his runner, Pfc. Rene Gagnon, with a larger, 96-by-56-inch flag and orders to link up with Schrier ...
