(1949). He was also part of a Rose Bowl halftime show. Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), Gagnon played himself, raising the flag in the movie with Bradley and Hayes. The Outsider (1961), Gagnon was played by Ray Daley. Flags of Our Fathers (2006), Gagnon was played by Jesse Bradford Second flag-raiser corrections A Marine Corps investigation of the identities of the six second flag-raisers began in December 1946 and concluded in January 1947 that it was Cpl. Harlon Block (KIA) and not Sgt. Henry Hansen (KIA) at the base of the flagstaff in the Rosenthal photograph, and that no blame was to be placed on anyone in this matter. The identities of the other five second flag-raisers were confirmed. In 2016, the Marine Corps review board launched another investigation, announcing in June 2016 that former Marine Harold Schultz was in the photograph and former Navy corpsman John Bradley was not. Pfc. Franklin Sousley (KIA), not Harold Schultz, is now in the position initially ascribed to Bradley (fourth from left) in the photograph and Schultz is now in Sousley's former position (second from left) in the photograph. The identities of the other five flag-raisers were confirmed. Schultz never publicly mentioned his role as a flag-raiser or that he was in Rosenthal's photograph. In October 2019, a third Marine Corps investigation concluded that former Marine Harold Keller, not Rene Gagnon (fifth from left), was actually depicted in Rosenthal's photo. Gagnon who carried the larger second flag up Mount Suribachi, helped lower the first flagstaff and removed the first flag at the time the second flag was raised. The identities of the other five flag raisers were confirmed. Like Schultz, Keller never publicly mentioned his role in the flag-raising or that he was in Rosenthal's photograph. See also Battle of Iwo Jima Battle of Guam (1944) Flags of Our Fathers – James Bradley, 2000 Meliton Kantaria – Soviet flag raiser over the Reichstag in Berlin, 1945 Mikhail Yegorov – Soviet flag raiser over the Reichstag in Berlin, 1945 Raising the Flag at Ground Zero References External links Corporal Rene Arthur Gagnon, USMCR, Who's Who in Marine Corps History, United States Marine Corps. Rene Gagnon, Famous NH People The Flag Raisers on Iwojima.com 1925 births 1979 deaths United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II American people of French-Canadian descent Battle of Iwo Jima Bicycle messengers Burials at Arlington National Cemetery Manchester Central