Henry Oliver ("Hank") Hansen ( born Henry Oliver ("Hank") Hansen ) ( December 14, 1919 , Boston , Massachusetts , USA - March 1, 1945 , Ioto Island, Japan ) - American Marine, a participant in World War II . He participated in the raising of the first US flag on Mount Suribati (Iwo Jima Island), and was also mistakenly included in the list of six soldiers depicted in Joe Rosenthal 's photograph “ Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima ”, which depicts the raising of the second flag on Suribati.
| Henry Oliver Hansen | |
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| English Henry Oliver Hansen | |
 Raising the first flag on the island of Ioto (Iwo Jima). Hansen on the left, holds the flag with his left hand. | |
| Date of Birth | December 14, 1919 |
| Place of Birth | Boston Massachusetts USA |
| Date of death | March 1, 1945 (25 years old) |
| A place of death | Iwo Jima Island, Japan |
| Affiliation |  USA |
| Type of army |  US Marine Corps |
| Years of service | 1938 - 1945 |
| Rank | sergeant |
| Battles / wars | World War II :
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 memory
- 2.1 In the cinema
- 3 notes
Biography
Henry Oliver Hansen was born in Boston ( Massachusetts ) on December 14, 1919. In addition to him, his family had one sister and three brothers. In 1938, he graduated from high school in Somerville. At the age of 18, he enlisted in the Marine Corps.
In the rank of sergeant, he took part in the battle for Iwo Jima , was among six American troops who raised their first flag on Mount Suribati on February 23, 1945, photographed by Louis Lowery . [1] On the same day, another group replaced this flag with another one of a larger size, raising the second flag captured in a photograph of Joe Rosenthal, whose picture quickly became known. Seven days after raising the flag, Hansen was killed in action.
After the battle, there were different opinions about who was depicted at the base of the flagpole in Rosenthal's photograph. Rene Gagnon and John Bradley first identified Hansen in this man. However, after a year and a half, an investigation by the US Congress showed that that person was not Hanson, but Harlon Block , which was confirmed by one of the people in the photo - Ira, Haze .
Sergeant Henry Hansen is buried in the Pacific National Memorial Cemetery on the Hawaiian island of Oahu . [2]
Memory
- In June 2004, in the hometown of Hansen - Somerville (Massachusetts), the Henry O. Hansen Memorial Park was named after him. [3]
In the movie
- Flags of Our Fathers ( 2006 ; USA ) directed by Clint Eastwood , in the role of Hank Paul Walker .
Notes
- ↑ The First Flag-Raising On Iwo Jima . Date of treatment July 21, 2009. Archived February 9, 1999.
- ↑ Photo and grave from findagrave.com unopened . Archived on April 4, 2012.
- ↑ Benjamin Gedan. Somerville park named for Iwo Jima flag-raiser // The Boston Globe . - June 15, 2004.