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Harlon Henry Block (November 6, 1924 – March 1, 1945) was a United States Marine Corps corporal who was killed in action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. Born in Yorktown, Texas, Block joined the Marine Corps with seven high school classmates in February
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima è il titolo di una celebre fotografia scattata dal fotografo della Associated Press Joe Rosenthal il 23 febbraio 1945, durante la seconda guerra mondiale, nella battaglia sull’isola omonima: lo scatto ritrae sei militari statunitensi ripresi nell'atto di issare la bandiera degli Stati Uniti d'America sulla vetta ...
Three of the six Marines in the photograph—Sergeant Michael Strank, Corporal Harlon Block, and Private First Class Franklin Sousley—would be killed in action during the battle; Block was identified as Sergeant Hank Hansen until January 1947 and Sousley was identified as PhM2c.
22 ott 2019 · Keller's correction marks the third change in the official identifications of the six men who held that flag. Cpl. Harlon Block was misidentified as Sgt. Hank Hansen until 1947. Cpl. Harold...
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HARLON HENRY BLOCK, USMC. (DECEASED) Harlon Henry Block, participant in the famous flag raising on Iwo Jima, was born at Yorktown, Texas, on 6 November 1924.Young Harlon graduated from Weslaco High School in 1943.
23 feb 2021 · According to recent research, the men pictured in the photograph are: Harlon Block, Harold Keller, Ira Hayes, Harold Schultz, Franklin Sousley and Michael Strank.
1 nov 1994 · Block, Harlon Henry (1924–1945). Harlon Henry Block, marine, the first of four sons of Edward Frederick and Ada Belle Block, was born on November 6, 1924, at Yorktown, Texas. After graduating from Weslaco High School, he entered the marines, on February 18, 1943, in San Antonio.
