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    Franklin Runyon Sousley (September 19, 1925 – March 21, 1945) was a United States Marine who was killed in action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World...
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    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...
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    Schultz was incorrectly identified as Private First Class Franklin Sousley in the photograph. Sousley himself was also incorrectly identified as Navy corpsman...
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    other five were either assigned the wrong locations (Ira Hayes and Franklin Sousley), or, were given the names of Marines who were not in the photo. The...
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    thought to have been Bradley was identified as Private First Class Franklin Sousley, who had previously been thought to be in another position in the photograph...
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    Sgt. Strank then ordered Cpl. Harlon Block, Pfc. Hayes, and Pfc. Franklin Sousley to go with him up Suribachi with supplies (or communication wire)....
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    Sgt. Strank then ordered Cpl. Harlon Block, Pfc. Hayes, and Pfc. Franklin Sousley to go with him up the volcano with communication wire (or supplies)...
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  • Annette Bening and Evan Rachel Wood, and appeared as real-life Marine Franklin Sousley in the big-budget Flags of Our Fathers, a Clint Eastwood-directed war...
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    Sgt. Strank selected Cpl. Harlon Block, Pfc. Ira Hayes, and Pfc. Franklin Sousley. Capt. Severance also ordered Pfc. Gagnon, E Company's runner, to take...
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    Harlon Block, Private First Class Ira Hayes, and Private First Class Franklin Sousley. Private First Class Rene Gagnon, a Second Battalion runner (messenger)...
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  • Company. At the same time, Sgt. Michael Strank, Cpl. Harlon Block, Pfc. Franklin Sousley, and Pfc. Ira Hayes from Second Platoon, E Company, were sent to take...
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  • and two other Marines (Corporal Harlon Block and Private First Class Franklin Sousley) are photographed by Joe Rosenthal as they raise the second flag. On...
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    survivors of the battle. Sgt. Michael Strank, Cpl. Harlon Block, and Pfc. Franklin Sousley were killed in action later on in the battle. The book and film tell...
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    the Civil War Alvin Saunders, United States senator from Nebraska Franklin Sousley, Iwo Jima flagraiser Andrew T. Wood, lawyer and politician United States...
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  • Strank, Corporal Harlon Block, and Private First Classes Ira Hayes and Franklin Sousley to reel a telephone wire up the mountain from the battalion command...
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    Position 2: Corporal Harold P. Keller Position 3: Private First Class Franklin R. Sousley Position 4: Sergeant Michael Strank Position 5: Private First Class...
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    Sergeant Michael Strank, Corporal Harlon Block, and Private First Class Franklin Sousley, were killed in action days after the flag-raising. Surviving flag-raiser...
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  • Company. At the same time, Sgt. Michael Strank, Cpl. Harlon Block, Pfc. Franklin Sousley, and Pfc. Ira Hayes from Second Platoon, E Company, were sent to take...
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  • Rosenthal photograph and former Marine Harold Schultz (deceased) was. Franklin Sousley and Schultz are depicted as the third and fifth bronze statues from...
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  • Fryman (1940–2011), Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher (1966–83) Franklin Sousley (1925–1945), one of six U.S. Marines to raise the American flag on...
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  • Strank, Corporal Harlon Block, and Privates First Class Ira Hayes, Franklin Sousley, and Rene Gagnon to the battalion command post to tie in the telephone...
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  • Dorothy Loudon, American actress, singer (d. 2003) September 19 – Franklin Sousley, U.S. Marine flag raiser on Iwo Jima (d. 1945) September 20 – Bobby...
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    (1922–2017) US Army lieutenant general and author Born in Bardstown Franklin Sousley (1925–1945) One of six in iconic photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo...
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    governor of Rome after its capture by the Allies. Kentucky native Franklin Sousley was one of the men in the photograph of the raising of the flag on...
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  • Medal of Honor recipient (killed in action) (born 1915) March 21 – Franklin Sousley, U.S. Marine flag raiser on Iwo Jima (killed in Battle of Iwo Jima)...
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    Company. At the same time, Sgt. Michael Strank, Cpl. Harlon Block, Pfc. Franklin Sousley, and Pfc. Ira Hayes from Second Platoon, E Company, were sent to take...
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  • Company. At the same time, Sgt. Michael Strank, Cpl. Harlon Block, Pfc. Franklin Sousley, and Pfc. Ira Hayes from Second Platoon, E Company, were sent to take...
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  • Kentucky Route 1347, 7.1 miles (11.4 km) southwest of Flemingsburg. Franklin Sousley, one of the men shown in the famous Joe Rosenthal Associated Press...
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    debarked from Talladega to climb Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima: Ira Hayes, Franklin Sousley, Harlon Block, and Mike Strank. After landing her troops, she remained...
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  • Gagnon, Ira Hamilton Hayes, Michael Strank, Harlon Henry Block, and Franklin Runyon Sousley. The five Marines were a part of Easy Company, 28th Marines, 5th...
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