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Henry Oliver Hansen (December 14, 1919 – March 1, 1945) was a United States Marine Corps sergeant who was killed in action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. He was a member of the patrol that captured Mount Suribachi, where he helped raise the first U.S. flag on Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945. [1]
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Hansen was born in Somerville, Massachusetts, with one sister and three brothers. He graduated from Somerville High School in 1938.
Presidential Unit Citation with silver 5/16 inch battle starHank Hansen is featured in the 2006 Clint Eastwood movie Flags of Our Fathers, where he is played by American actor Paul Walker. The movie is based on the book of the same title.
Shadow of Suribachi: Raising The Flags on Iwo JimaEliminata anche questa resistenza, intorno alle 10:20 Schrier e il sergente Henry Oliver Hansen innalzarono la bandiera a stelle e strisce sul Suribachi, dopo averla fissata a un lungo tubo metallico rinvenuto sul luogo; lo staff sergeant Louis R. Lowery, un fotografo della rivista Leatherneck Magazine (il giornale ufficiale del ...
Henry Oliver Hansen (December 14, 1919 – March 1, 1945) was a United States Marine Corps sergeant who was killed in action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. He was a member of the patrol that captured Mount Suribachi, where he helped raise the first U.S. flag on Iwo Jima on February...
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- December 14, 1919
- March 1, 1945
American (1776 - present, Republic) Biography. Sergeant Henry O. Hansen took part in the first flag raising over Iwo Jima on Mount Suribachi, and was, for a time, mistakenly identified as one of the six men in the famous photograph of the second flag raising.
Henry Oliver "Hank" Hansen (il 14 dicembre 1919 – il 1 marzo 1945) fu un sergente di Corpo Marino degli Stati Uniti che fu ucciso in azione durante la Battaglia di Iwo Jima in Seconda guerra mondiale.
