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  • LONG AFTER FADING AWAY, A FORGOTTEN MARINE REEMERGES

    05/17/2003 4:34:01 AM PDT · by gunnyg · 71 replies · 1,103+ views
    Boston Globe ^ | May 11, 03 | Benjamin Gadin
    LONG AFTER FADING AWAY, A FORGOTTEN MARINE REEMERGES Author(s): Benjamin Gedan, GLOBE CORRESPONDENT Date: May 11, 2003 Page: 13 Section: City Weekly Omitted from the bronze Marine Corps War Memorial in Washington, uncelebrated in World War II history texts, and long unrecognized in his hometown, former US Marine Sergeant Henry O. Hansen will be memorialized this summer with the construction of a public garden, 58 years after he helped raise the first American flag on Iwo Jima in 1945. A triangular vacant lot on Medford Street outside Somerville's Magoun Square will house a community garden, monument, and seating area to...