Henry Oliver Hansen
United States Marine (1919-1945) · United States · Died at 25
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Something wrong?Henry Oliver Hansen was a United States Marine Corps sergeant who was killed in action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. He was a member of the patrol that captured Mount Suribachi, where he helped raise the first U.S. flag on Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945. He was killed six days later.
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Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima.
Marine Staff Sgt. Lou Lowery's photograph of the first U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi, after it was raised.Left to right: 1st Lt. Harold G. Schrier (left side of radioman), Pfc. Raymond Jacobs (radioman), Sgt. Henry Hansen (soft cap, holding flagstaff), Pvt. Phil Ward (holding lower flagstaff), Plt. Sgt. Ernest Thomas (seated), PhM2c. John Bradley, USN (standing above Pvt. Ward, holding flagstaff) Pfc. James Michels (holding M1 carbine), and Cpl. Charles W. Lindberg (standing above Michels).
Marine Corps photo of the two flags on Mount Suribachi
Joe Rosenthal's "Gung Ho" photo. Sgt. Hansen (soft cap), center
Second flag-raising photograph
The U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, VirginiaAbout this person
Country
United States
Type
Other
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1919 to 1945 · aged 25
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