Flags of Our Fathers (film)

Flags of Our Fathers is a 2006 American war film directed, coproduced, and scored by Clint Eastwood and written by William Broyles, Jr. and Paul Haggis. It is based on the book of the same name written by James Bradley and Ron Powers about the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima, the five Marines and one Navy Corpsman who were involved in raising the flag on Iwo Jima, and the aftereffects of that event on their lives.

As three US servicemen Marine Private First Class Ira Hayes, Private First Class Rene Gagnon, and Navy Corpsman John Doc Bradley are feted as heroes in a war bond drive, they reflect on their experiences via flashback.After training at Camp Tarawa in Hawaii, the 28th Marine Regiment 5th Marine Division sails to the small island of Iwo Jima as part of an invading armada. Tough Japanese resistance is expected, and the Navy bombards suspected Japanese positions for three days. Sergeant Mike Strank is put in charge of Second Platoon. ........

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