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.
Released: Oct 18, 2006
Runtime: 135 minutes
Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, John Benjamin Hickey, John Slattery, Barry Pepper
Crew: Steven Spielberg (Producer), William Broyles Jr. (Screenplay), Tom Stern (Director of Photography), Clint Eastwood (Director), Paul Haggis (Screenplay), Clint Eastwood (Producer)