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Harold Keller ("Pie") was born on 3 August, 1921 in Brooklyn, Iowa, U.S., is a United States Marine. Discover Harold Keller's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 58 years old?

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Age 58 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 3 August, 1921
Birthday 3 August
Birthplace Brooklyn, Iowa, U.S.
Date of death 1979
Died Place Grinnell, Iowa, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1921

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.

Harold Keller was born on August 3, 1921, in Brooklyn, Iowa.

Keller graduated from Brooklyn High School.

1942

On January 2, 1942, he enlisted in the Marine Corps and attended training at Camp Elliott in San Diego and later training in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Keller was assigned to the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion under Lieutenant Colonel Evans Carlson and was present for the Battle of Midway and took part in the fighting at Guadalcanal.

1943

In 1943, Keller was shot through his right shoulder at Bougainville.

1944

In February 1944, the Marine Raiders were disbanded.

Keller met and subsequently married his wife, Ruby O'Halloran, while he was home on leave.

Keller was next assigned to Easy (E) Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division which was activated at Camp Pendleton in 1944.

In September, the division was sent to Camp Tarawa near Hilo, Hawaii, for further training to prepare for the invasion of Iwo Jima.

1945

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.

He is one of the six Marines who raised the larger replacement flag on the mountaintop the same day as shown in the iconic photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima.

The first flag flown over Mount Suribachi at the south end of Iwo Jima was regarded to be too small to be seen by the thousands of Marines fighting on the other side of the mountain, so it was replaced by the second one.

Although there were photographs taken of the first flag flying on Mount Suribachi, there is no photograph of Marines raising the first flag.

The second flag raising became famous and took precedence over the first flag-raising after copies of the second flag-raising photograph appeared in newspapers two days later.

The second flag raising was also filmed in color.

In January 1945, the division left Hawaii and sailed for Iwo Jima.

Keller participated in the battle of Iwo Jima, which began on February 19 and ended on March 26.

On February 23, he was part of the 40-man patrol that ascended Mount Suribachi and raised the Second Battalion's flag on top.

Later that day, he was one of the six Marines that raised a second and larger flag on top.

At 8:00 am on February 23, 1945, Lt. Colonel Chandler W. Johnson, the Second Battalion, 28th Marines, commander, ordered a platoon-size patrol to climb up Mount Suribachi to seize and occupy the crest.

Captain Dave Severance, E Company's commander, then assembled the remainder of his Third Platoon and other members of the battalion which included two Navy corpsmen and stretcher bearers.

First Lieutenant Harold Schrier, E Company's executive officer, who volunteered to lead the patrol, was to raise the battalion's American flag if possible to signal that the mountaintop was secure.

The patrol left at about 8:30.

Along the way up which was difficult climbing at times, there was a small number of shots from Japanese snipers.

When Lt. Schrier and his men reached the rim of the volcano, there was a skirmish which they soon overcame.

After a Japanese iron water pipe was found to use as a flagpole, the battalion's American flag was tied to it by Lt. Schrier, Sergeant Henry Hansen, and Corporal Charles Lindberg.

Once the flag was tied on, the flagstaff was raised about 10:30 by Lt. Schrier, Platoon Sergeant Ernest Thomas, Sgt. Hansen, and Cpl. Lindberg.

Seeing the raising of the national colors immediately caused loud cheers from the Marines, sailors, and Coast Guardsmen on the south end of Iwo Jima and from the men on the ships near the beach.

Due to the terrific winds and soft ground on the mountaintop, Private Phil Ward and Navy corpsman John Bradley pitched in afterwards to help keep the flagstaff vertical.

Staff Sergeant Lou Lowery, a Marine photographer for "Leatherneck Magazine" and the only photographer who accompanied the patrol, took several photos of the first flag before and after it was raised.

The last photo he took on the mountaintop was before a Japanese grenade caused him to fall several feet down the side of the crater and break his camera (his film was not damaged).

1947

The Marine Corps did not allow any of his photos to be published until 1947, in Leatherneck Magazine.

Platoon Sgt. Thomas was killed on March 3 and Sgt. Hansen on March 1.

Cpl. Lindberg was wounded on March 13.

Two hours after the first flag was raised on Mount Suribachi, Marine Corps leaders decided that in order for the American flag to be better seen on the other side of Mount Suribachi by the thousands of Marines fighting there to capture the island, another larger flag should be flown on Mount Suribachi (Lt. Col. Johnson also wanted to secure the flag for his battalion).

2019

Keller was not recognized as one of the second flag-raisers until the Marine Corps announced on October 16, 2019, after an investigation, that he was in the historic photograph taken by combat photographer Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press.

The Marine Corps also stated that Keller was incorrectly identified as Private First Class Rene Gagnon in the photograph, who they determined is not in the photo.

Keller is one of three Marines in the photograph who were not originally identified as flag raisers.

The Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, is modeled after the photograph of six Marines raising the second flag on Iwo Jima.