March 7, 1925 was the birthday of Rene Gagnon, a U.S. Marine, who was seen in the famous photographs of the Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima. (He died in 1979.)
March 7, 1707 was the birthday of Stephen Hopkins, (Governor of Rhode Island) one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
And March 7, 1944 was the birthday of Townes Van Zandt, a gifted Texan singer/songwriter. (He died in 1997.)
“Rene Gagnon, a U.S. Marine, who was seen in the famous photographs of the Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima…”
In fairness: he wasn’t actually in the photo – even though he and all the Marines in the chaos of Iwo Jima certainly deserved credit for the event.
https://www.concordmonitor.com/Rene-Gagnon-of-Manchester-was-not-in-the-Iwo-Jima-flag-raising-photo-Marines-say-29451948