Its funny what a picture can do.
some famouse boys who died o iwo jima were three of the six flag raisers. mike strank, Franklin sousley and harlon block
Sands of Iwo Jima
John Bradley from the U.S. Navy
Harlon Block is the flag raiser that is trusting the flag pole into the ground. He is at the farthest to the right in the famous photo taken at Iwo Jima. He was killed by a mortar blast on the same day as the flag raising, on March 1, 1945. He was 20 years old.
This quote is from Admiral Nimitz .
Iwo Jima
Ira Hayes , John Bradley , Rene Gagnon , Franklin Sousley , Harlon Block and Mike Strank .
"Uncommon valor was a common virtue", attributed to Admiral Chester Nimitz, 02/23/45.
The six men depicted in the picture, three (Franklin Sousley, Harlon Block, and Michael Strank) did not survive the battle; the three survivors (John Bradley, Rene Gagnon, and Ira Hayes) became celebrities upon the publication of the photo. The picture was later used by Felix de Weldon to sculpt the USMC War Memorial, located adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery just outside Washington, D.C.
Its Favorite Son was probably Benjamin Franklin who was not born there but adopted Philadelphia. There are others like Hap Arnold and Smedley Butler, and they were the home state of James Buchanan and Michael Strank who was an Iwo Jima flag raiser.
The actual quote was . "Uncommon valor was a common virtue". He was describing the situation with the marines at the battle I of Iwo Jima , meaning that for them, uncommon valor, was the rule, not a rarity at all.
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