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World War II-dated FDC with a stamped cachet honoring the Iwo Jima flag-raising, postmarked in Washington, D.C. on July 11, 1945, signed in ink, "John H. Bradley, PhM2c, survivor," and in ballpoint, "Rene A. Gagnon." In fine condition.
Three of the six Marines in Joe Rosenthal’s Iwo Jima photograph—Sgt. Michael Strank, Cpl. Harlon Block, and Pfc. Franklin Sousley—were killed in action during the battle. Block was initially misidentified as Sgt. Hank Hansen until January 1947, and Sousley was believed to be PhM2c John Bradley, USN, until June 2016. The other three Marines were Cpls. (then Pfc.) Ira Hayes, Harold Schultz, and Harold Keller; Schultz was long identified as Sousley until June 2016, and Keller was identified as Rene Gagnon until October 2019.
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