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Harlon Henry Block (November 6, 1924 – March 1, 1945) was a United States Marine Corps corporal who was killed in action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. Born in Yorktown, Texas, Block joined the Marine Corps with seven high school classmates in February
Harlon Henry Block (6 de noviembre de 1924 – 1 de marzo de 1945) fue un marine de los Estados Unidos que participó en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, específicamente en la Batalla de Iwo Jima, donde fue fotografiado junto a otros cinco compañeros en la legendaria fotografía Alzando la bandera en Iwo Jima del fotógrafo Joe Rosenthal.
22 de oct. de 2019 · Harlon Block was one of the six Marines in the iconic photo of raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi in 1945. He was misidentified as another Marine for 74 years until a recent correction by the Marines.
1 de nov. de 1994 · Harlon Henry Block was a marine who participated in the famous flag-raising atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima during World War II. He was killed in action on March 1, 1945, and is buried near the Iwo Jima Memorial in Harlingen, Texas.
Corporal Harlon H. Block. Harlon Henry Block, participant in the famous flag raising on Iwo Jima, was born at Yorktown, Texas, on 6 November 1924.Young Harlon graduated from Weslaco High School in 1943. Following graduation he worked as a farm and oil field laborer.
Three of the six Marines in the photograph—Sergeant Michael Strank, Corporal Harlon Block, and Private First 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 as PhM2c.
Harlon Henry Block fue un marine de los Estados Unidos que participó en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, específicamente en la Batalla de Iwo Jima, donde fue fotografiado junto a otros cinco compañeros en la legendaria fotografía Alzando la bandera en Iwo Jima del fotógrafo Joe Rosenthal.
