hal ' s ▁photograph ▁to ▁Washington ▁D . C . ▁after ▁the ▁battle . ▁Pf c . ▁G agn on ▁was ▁ordered ▁to ▁Washington ▁and ▁arrived ▁on ▁April ▁ 7 . ▁He ▁was ▁question ed ▁the ▁same ▁day ▁by ▁a ▁Marine ▁public ▁information ▁officer ▁about ▁all ▁the ▁ident ities ▁of ▁the ▁flag ▁ra is ers ▁in ▁the ▁photograph . ▁He ▁identified ▁the ▁six ▁flag ▁ra is ers ▁as ▁S gt . ▁Str ank , ▁Pf c . ▁S ous ley , ▁Navy ▁corps man ▁John ▁Brad ley , ▁Pf c . ▁Ira ▁Hay es , ▁and ▁S gt . ▁Henry ▁Hans en , ▁and ▁himself . ▁He ▁also ▁said ▁S gt . ▁Str ank , ▁S gt . ▁Hans en , ▁and ▁Pf c . ▁S ous ley ▁were ▁killed ▁on ▁I wo ▁J ima . ▁After ▁Pf c . ▁G agn on ▁was ▁question ed , ▁Pf c . ▁Hay es ▁and ▁Ph M 2 c . ▁Brad ley ▁were ▁ordered ▁to ▁Washington . ▁Brad ley , ▁who ▁was ▁recover ing ▁from ▁his ▁w ounds ▁at ▁Oak land ▁Naval ▁Hospital ▁in ▁Oak land , ▁California , ▁was ▁transferred ▁to ▁Beth es da ▁Naval ▁Hospital ▁at ▁Beth es da , ▁Maryland , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁shown ▁Ros ent hal ' s ▁flag - ra ising ▁photograph ▁and ▁was ▁told ▁he ▁was ▁in ▁it . ▁Both ▁Brad ley ▁( on ▁cr ut ches ) ▁and ▁Hay es ▁arrived ▁in ▁Washington ▁on ▁April ▁ 1 9 . ▁They ▁reported ▁to ▁the ▁same ▁officer ▁and ▁were