{"id":118173,"date":"2021-10-05T14:15:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T18:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=118173"},"modified":"2021-10-05T14:15:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T18:15:34","slug":"monument-to-iwo-jima-marine-toppled-in-somerville-ma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=118173","title":{"rendered":"Monument to Iwo Jima Marine toppled in Somerville, MA"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

KoB sends in word that a monument to Paramarine Sergeant Henry O. Hansen was vandalized. Hansen was part of the Marine patrol sent up Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. He was one of the men who raised the first American flag over Suribachi.<\/p>\n

I recently discussed this patrol and flag raising in a\u00a0Valor Friday<\/a> article if you need a refresher. In the photo of the first flag raising (which was eclipsed by the now-iconic second flag raising), Hansen is holding the flag pole and wearing a soft cover.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

First Iwo Jima Flag Raising<\/p><\/div>\n

Hansen was tragically killed in action only days later. Apparently there are those in the Somerville, MA area that don’t appreciate his sacrifices.<\/p>\n

From MSN<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Somerville police are investigating damage done to a memorial that honors a World War II Marine who was killed during the Battle of Iwo Jima.<\/p>\n

The Sgt. Henry O. Hansen war memorial in Hansen Park was found toppled and cracked along the left, upper edge, police said.<\/p>\n

“People do stupid things, and I know the town will fix it, thankfully,” said a resident. “It\u2019s sad, but we don\u2019t teach kids things anymore, and it\u2019s disrespectful in every way.”<\/p>\n

Hansen was one of six members of the combat patrol who climbed, captured and helped raise an American flag on top of Mt. Suribachi in February 1945.<\/p>\n

Hansen died in action a few days later. He was 25 years old.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 617-625-1600 ext. 7235.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KoB sends in word that a monument to Paramarine Sergeant Henry O. Hansen was vandalized. Hansen was part of the Marine patrol sent up Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. He was one of the men who raised the first American flag over Suribachi. I recently discussed this patrol […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":664,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[185,406,331],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime","category-guest-link","category-marines"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4ozh1-uK1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/664"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}