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US Marines Correct ID of Second Man Who Raised Flag at Iwo Jima

Associated Press

   DES MOINES, IOWA - The Marine Corps has corrected the identity of
   another of the men who were photographed raising the American flag at
   Iwo Jima during World War II.
   The Marines said in a statement Thursday that after questions were
   raised by private historians who studied photos and films,
   theydetermined that Cpl. Harold P. Keller was among the men who raised
   the flag. The Marines saidPfc. Rene Gagnon had helped in the effort but
   for decades was mistakenly identified by the Marines as one of the
   flag-raisers.
   Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal shot the iconic photograph
   atop Mount Suribachi during an intense battle between American and
   Japanese forces in 1945.
   In 2016, the Marines corrected the identity of another man in the photo
   after historians raised questions.
   NBC News, which first reported on the Marines' more recent correction,
   saidKeller died in 1979 in Grinnell, Iowa.

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