Franklin Sousley
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Franklin Runyon Sousley was a United States Marine who was killed in action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. He was one of the six marines who raised the second of two U.S. flags on top
Sousley in 1944
Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima
Marine Corps photo of the two flags on Mount Suribachi during the second flag-raising
Pfc. Sousley is fourth from left in Joe Rosenthal's "Gung Ho" photo
John Henry "Jack" "Doc" Bradley was a United States Navy Hospital corpsman who was awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism while serving with the Marines during the Battle of Iwo Jima in Worl
Bradley in the White House, April 1945
Marine Staff Sergeant Lou Lowery's photograph of the first U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi. Left to right: 1st lieutenant Harold Schrier (left side of radioman), private first class Raymond Jacobs (radioman), Sergeant Henry Hansen (soft cap, holding flagstaff), private Phil Ward (holding lower flagstaff), Platoon Sgt. Ernest Thomas (seated), PhM2c. Bradley, USN (holding flagstaff above Ward), Private First Class James Michels (holding M1 carbine), and Corporal