
Letters from Iwo Jima(2006)
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.


“A single shot can end the war.”
There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen - John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon and Pvt. Ira Hayes - who fought in the battle to take Iwo Jima from the Japanese.

Ryan Phillippe
John 'Doc' Bradley

Jesse Bradford
Rene Gagnon

Adam Beach
Ira Hayes

John Benjamin Hickey
Keyes Beech

John Slattery
Bud Gerber

Barry Pepper
Mike Strank

Jamie Bell
Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski

Paul Walker
Hank Hansen

Robert Patrick
Colonel Chandler Johnson

Neal McDonough
Captain Severance
Flags of Our Fathers is a war, drama, history film released in 2006 exploring themes of dying and death, japan, world war ii, based on true story, pacific, pacific war. Directed by Clint Eastwood, it stars Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach. There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen - John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon and Pvt. Ira Hayes - who fought in the battle to take Iwo Jima from the Japanese.
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