HCR 106 (LSB 5188YH (2) 88)

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 106

BY  WILLS, FISHER, DEYOE, SALMON, GRASSLEY, WINDSCHITL, BRINK, HUSEMAN, THORUP, SEXTON, ZUMBACH, M. SMITH, McCONKEY, MAXWELL, GUSTAFSON, WHEELER, JACOBY, KURTH, FRY, LOHSE, HOLT, OURTH, BENNETT, BRECKENRIDGE, HANUSA, GERHOLD, BEST, PAUSTIAN, KLEIN, A. MEYER, THOMPSON, MOMMSEN, SORENSEN, CARLSON, BERGAN, OSMUNDSON, HITE, KERR, HEIN, JENEARY, MOORE, DOLECHECK, BAXTER, WORTHAN, and RUNNING-MARQUARDT

A Concurrent Resolution honoring the memory of Harold Keller as one of the Marines who raised the United States flag at Iwo Jima.

   WHEREAS, Harold Keller, born and raised in Brooklyn, Iowa, enlisted in the United States Marines following the attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States entrance into World War II; and
   WHEREAS, Corporal Harold Keller served and fought as a Marine in several battles during the Allied offensive in the Pacific; and
   WHEREAS, Corporal Keller was a part of the force that landed and fought on Iwo Jima, one of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of the Pacific theater; and
   WHEREAS, on February 23, 1945, photographer Joe Rosenthal captured the image of six Marines raising the United States flag on Mount Suribachi indicating the Allies had won the battle of Iwo Jima; and
   WHEREAS, the iconic photograph of Marines raising the United States flag at Iwo Jima became a powerful symbol of the determination of all who served and fought in the Pacific theater, and in all theaters of war, during World War II; and
   WHEREAS, recent historical research has determined that one of the Marines in that iconic photograph was Corporal Keller; NOW THEREFORE,

   BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE SENATE CONCURRING, That the General Assembly recognizes and honors the memory of Harold Keller as one of the six United States Marines who raised the United States flag atop Mount Suribachi during the battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.