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René Arthur Gagnon (March 7, 1925 – October 12, 1979) was a United States Marine Corps corporal who participated in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. Gagnon was generally known as being one of the Marines who raised the second U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945, as depicted in the iconic photograph Raising the Flag ...
Nov 1, 2019 · All his life, Rene Gagnon has told his children and grandchildren about their proud family heritage: His father and namesake, Rene Gagnon Sr., was one of the U.S. Marines who raised the flag on Iwo Jima in what has become an iconic image of American triumph.
Oct 28, 2019 · Rene Gagnon Jr. thought his father, also named Rene Gagnon, was one of the six Marines in the famous photo by Joe Rosenthal. But historians found evidence that his father was not in the image and the Marine Corps confirmed the change in 2019.
Feb 23, 2022 · Rene Gagnon was a Marine runner who delivered a larger flag to the summit of Mount Suribachi and witnessed the second flag raising on Iwo Jima. He kept his participation a secret for decades and was one of the six Marines in the iconic photo by Joe Rosenthal.
A new investigation by the Marines and a documentary by Smithsonian Channel reveal that Pvt. 1st Class Harold Schultz, not John Bradley, raised the flag with Rene Gagnon and others on Mount Suribachi in 1945. The mistake was based on inconsistencies in the gear worn by the men in the iconic photo.
Harold Keller and Rene Gagnon. On October 16, 2019, the Marine Corps announced that Marine Corporal Harold Keller was the flag-raiser previously identified as Rene Gagnon in Rosenthal's photograph. Stephen Foley, filmmaker Dustin Spence, and Brent Westemeyer were key to this revised identification.
Oct 17, 2019 · The United States Marine Corps corrected the identity of another one of the six men raising the American flag on Mount Surabachi in an iconic photo taken during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945 ...
