Harlon Block’s exploding moonshine.

[**The following is in regards to a bit of childhood mischief from Harlon Block, one of the men depicted in Joe Rosenthal’s iconic photograph, Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima.**] >And there were many times when Belle [**Harlon’s mother**] wasn’t told of [Harlon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Harlon_Block.jpg)’s hijinks. Harlon’s brother Mel remembers when Harlon and some friends, in an attempt to make their own liquor, mixed yeast and grapefruit juice in mason jars and hid them behind a pillar in the barn. “For two weeks those jars were exploding,” Mel told me. “We found this concoction dripping all over the barn. Dad though tit was funny. Mom never found out.” __________________________ **Source:** Bradley, James, and Ron Powers. “All-American Boys.” *Flags of Our Fathers*. Bantam Dell, a Division of Random House, Inc., 2006. 35. Print. ___________________________ **Further Reading:** [Harlon Henry Block](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlon_Block)