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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...
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    Michael Strank, Corporal Harlon Block, and Private First Class Franklin Sousley—would be killed in action during the battle; Block was identified as Sergeant...
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  • from jail, he hitchhikes over 1,300 miles to Texas to see Harlon Block's family. He tells Harlon's father that his son was indeed at the base of the flag...
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    offshore by an American ship. Cpl. Harlon Block, Sgt. Strank's assistant squad leader, took command of the squad. Cpl. Block was killed later on the same day...
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    obtained from one of the ships docked on shore. Sgt. Strank selected Cpl. Harlon Block, Pfc. Ira Hayes, and Pfc. Franklin Sousley. Capt. Severance also ordered...
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    his squad and raise the replacement flag. Sgt. Strank ordered Corporal Harlon Block, Private First Class Ira Hayes, and Private First Class Franklin Sousley...
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    a larger flag on top of Mount Suribachi. Sgt. Strank chose Corporal Harlon Block, Private First Class Ira Hayes, and Pfc. Sousley. On the way up the four...
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  • investigation which was initiated by one of the flag-raisers, that Corporal Harlon Block was that Marine. Hansen is one of three men who were originally identified...
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    Mount Suribachi and raise the second flag. Sgt. Strank chose Corporal Harlon Block, Private First Class Ira Hayes, and Private First Class Franklin Sousley...
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    Marines depicted in the photograph, Sergeant Michael Strank, Corporal Harlon Block, and Private First Class Franklin Sousley, were killed in action days...
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    Arizona to Edward Frederick Block, Sr.'s farm in Weslaco, Texas, to reveal the truth to Block's parents about their son Harlon being in Rosenthal's flag...
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    its name from the W.E. Stewart Land Company. It was the hometown of Harlon Block, one of the Marines photographed raising the flag at Iwo Jima, and of...
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    top of Mount Suribachi to raise the second flag. Strank chose Corporal Harlon Block, Private First Class Ira Hayes, and Private First Class Franklin Sousley...
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  • biologist Gladys Block, American nutritionist Hal Block (1913–1981), American comedian Harlon Block (1924–1945), American Marine Corps corporal, one of...
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    Voice role 2006 Unconscious John Stradlater 2006 Flags of Our Fathers Harlon Block 2007 Wasted NYC Billy Short film 2007 All Saints Day Matthew Short film...
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    and 2019), from right to left, are as follows: Position 1: Corporal Harlon H. Block Position 2: Corporal Harold P. Keller Position 3: Private First Class...
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  • The Harlon Hill Trophy is an award in American college football given to the individual selected as the most valuable player in NCAA Division II. The award...
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  • African American Chaplain of the United States Senate (2003–present) Harlon Block (1924–1945) – one of the six U.S. Marines captured in the famous photograph...
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  • ordered four Marines from 2nd Platoon, Sergeant Michael Strank, Corporal Harlon Block, and Private First Classes Ira Hayes and Franklin Sousley to reel a telephone...
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    Gagnon were the only survivors of the battle. Sgt. Michael Strank, Cpl. Harlon Block, and Pfc. Franklin Sousley were killed in action later on in the battle...
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    Senator; 1988 Vice-Presidential candidate) James Carlos Blake (novelist) Harlon Block (Iwo Jima flag raiser) William S. Burroughs (writer; his time as a farmer...
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  • the top of Suribachi. Severance sent Sergeant Michael Strank, Corporal Harlon Block, and Privates First Class Ira Hayes, Franklin Sousley, and Rene Gagnon...
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  • 2020) October 27 – Bonnie Lou, American singer (d. 2015) November 6 Harlon Block, U.S. Marine flag raiser on Iwo Jima (d. 1945) November 10 – Russell...
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  • (messenger) for E Company. At the same time, Sgt. Michael Strank, Cpl. Harlon Block, Pfc. Franklin Sousley, and Pfc. Ira Hayes from Second Platoon, E Company...
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    townspeople—the spirit out of which the celebration was born 55 years ago. Harlon Block, one of the soldiers pictured in Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima Ox Eckhardt...
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  • identify Corporal Harlon Block as one of the second flag-raisers. Block was misidentified as Hansen in Rosenthal's photograph. Both Block and Hansen were...
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    eight-term Omaha mayor from 1906 to 1930, was born in DeWitt County. Harlon Block, one of the Marines pictured in Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, was born...
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  • Marine flag raisers on Iwo Jima (killed in action in Battle of Iwo Jima) Harlon Block (born 1924) Henry “Hank” Hansen (born 1919) Michael Strank (born 1919)...
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  • Marine Military Academy is also the final resting place of Corporal Harlon Block, formerly a resident of Weslaco, Texas, one of the Marines immortalized...
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  • the bottom of the flagstaff with the 32 foot (9.8 M) bronze statues of Harlon Block, Rene Gagnon, Michael Strank, and Ira Hayes on the monument. Biography...
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