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6 de nov. de 2015 · Six days later, on March 1, Block was killed in action. He was 21 years old. Harlon Block, at right, was one of the six Marines who raised the American flag on Iwo Jima on Feb. 23, 1945.
Immediately following graduation, he and 12 other high school football players all enlisted together into the Marine Corps. Following assignment to San Diego, California, Harlon Block volunteered for the Parachute Regiment and became parachute qualified in May 1943. Shortly afterwards, he fought at Bougainville with the 3rd Marine Division.
Corporal Harlon Henry Block was killed in action on 1 March 1945 in Iwo Jima, Japan. He is buried at the base of the flag-raising sculpture at the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen, TX. Military Hall of Honor, a virtual Military Hall of Honor. Remembrances and tributes to all those who have honorably served in the US Armed Forces.
Harlon Block was Texas boy who, along with some of his friends, joined the US Marines in 1943. Harlon was a good friend to others. He was even expelled from private school when he wouldn’t tell on a friend who had vandalized the school. As a private in the Marines Harlon went to paratroop training and qualified to be a Paramarine. He served ...
23 de jun. de 2016 · Later, the Marine Corps would have to go back and identify the men who would go on to become immortalized: John Bradley, Rene Gagnon, Ira Hayes, Harlon Block, Michael Strank and Franklin Sousley.
In the end, 27 U.S. Marines and sailors received the Medal of Honor for actions during the battle; over half (14 total) were posthumously awarded. Three of the flag raisers in Rosenthal’s photograph—Sergeant Michael Strank, Corporal Harlon Block, and Private First Class Franklin Sousley—were killed in action.
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. He joined the Marine Corps with seven high school classmates in February 1943. He subsequently became a Paramarine and participated in combat on Bougainville. After the Paramarines were disbanded in 1944, he was one of the ...
