"Three Marines depicted in the photograph, Sergeant Michael Strank, Corporal Harlon Block, and Private First Class Franklin Sousley were k**led in action over the next few days. The three surviving f**g-raisers were Corporals (then Private First Class) Rene Gagnon, Ira Hayes, and Harold Schultz who first received Marine Corps recognition in June 2016".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_the_F**g_on_Iwo_JimaIt was 10:20AM on February 23, 1945.
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