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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 ...
Réne Arthur Gagnon (* 7. März 1925 in Manchester, Vereinigte Staaten; † 12. Oktober 1979 ebenda) war ein US-amerikanischer Soldat des Zweiten Weltkriegs und galt jahrzehntelang als einer der Männer, die auf der berühmten Fotografie Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima zu sehen sind.
1. Nov. 2019 · The famous photo actually depicts the second flag-raising on the island of Iwo Jima’s Mount Suribachi that day. The first flag was small and the Marines wanted a bigger flag so the sailors and Marines far below could see it. And that’s where Gagnon, a runner, came in, according to the Marine Corps.
7. Jan. 2015 · Rene Gagnon ist ein amerikanischer bildender Künstler aus Fall River, Massachusetts. Unter dem Einfluss der New Yorker Rap- und Graffitiszene sowie von Filmen wie „Wild Style“ und „Beat Street“ begann er in den frühen 1980er-Jahren mit der Graffiti-Kunst. Heute ist er ein gefeierter Studio-Künstler, der hauptsächlich auf ...
13. Okt. 1979 · Rene A. Gagnon, one of six United States marines in the famous photograph of the historic Iwo Jima flag‐raising in the American victory over the Japanese in World War II, died yesterday at his...
5. Juni 2007 · Rene Gagnon was just 18, a high school dropout who worked in the textile mills of his native Manchester, New Hampshire, when he became a Marine in May 1943. Less than two years later, it was Rene, a month shy of 20, who carried the American flag — the second one to fly that day — up a battle-scarred volcano on the island of Iwo ...
23. Juni 2016 · 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.
