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.
Keywords:
Dying and death
Japan
World war ii
Pacific
Pacific war
Iwo jima
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1940s
Movie tag line: "A single shot can end the war."
Character: John 'Doc' Bradley
Character: Rene Gagnon
Character: Ira Hayes
Character: Keyes Beech
Character: Bud Gerber