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Harold Paul Keller (August 3, 1921 – March 13, 1979) was a United States Marine corporal who was wounded in action during the Bougainville campaign in World War II. During the Battle of Iwo Jima, he was a member of the patrol that captured the top of Mount Suribachi and raised the first U.S. flag on Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945.
Oct 22, 2019 · Last week, the world learned that one of the Marines in that iconic image was an Iowan: Cpl. Harold "Pie" Keller of Brooklyn, Iowa.
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 · A Marine Corps board reviewed the new information from historians Dustin Spence, Stephen Foley and Brent Westemeyer, and determined Marine Cpl. Harold P. Keller was one of the men immortalized in ...
Nov 11, 2020 · Cpl. Harold Keller, right, took a furlough in 1944 to marry Ruby O'Halloran. Keller returned to combat at Iwo Jima, where he would be photographed in one of the most well-known...
Jun 12, 2022 · BROOKLYN, Iowa (KCRG) - A parade was held, and a statue was unveiled in Brooklyn to honor Cpl. Harold Keller. Keller fought at the Battle of Iwo Jima, but it wasn’t until after his death...
Oct 17, 2019 · Now more than 70 years later, the US Marine Corps says one man in the picture, Corporal Harold P. Keller, is actually from Brooklyn, Iowa. His daughter and son-in-law live in Clarence, Iowa.
Jun 29, 2020 · He discovered that one of the six Marines who helped raise the American flag on Mount Suribachi at the battle of Iwo Jima in the South Pacific was mis-identified. The soldier turned out to be a ...
Feb 23, 2022 · Although he had been one of the six men to hoist the second American flag on Iwo Jima, he, along with another surviving flag raiser, Pfc. Harold Keller had not been properly identified as one...
Feb 16, 2020 · Harold “Pie” Keller, a young man from Brooklyn, Iowa, was serving his country, fighting for his life and trying to protect his fellow Marines on the remote Pacific Ocean island.
