'Rene Gagnon'

'Ira Hayes'

'John Bradley'

'Mike Strank'

'Franklin Sousley'

'Harlon Block'

'The Flag Raising on Iwo Jima'        23 February 1945

photograph by Joe Rosenthal

Associated Press

  Harlon Block

Killed In Action
March 1, 1945
At the age of 21

Mike Strank

Killed In Action
March 1, 1945
At the age of 26

Franklin Sousley

Killed In Action
March 21, 1945
At the age of 19

'The incredible photo of Marines raising the flag on Mt.Suribachi is representative of all that was won and lost on Iwo Jima'