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Click to see a large view.	"Sands of Iwo Jima" was a big hit for Republic Pictures and John Wayne.
Click to see a large view.	John Wayne and the three surviving Flag Raisers. (Left to Right) Ira Hayes, John Bradley, John Wayne and Rene Gagnon.
Click to see a large view.	John Wayne and John Bradley.
Click to see a large view.	The survivors raise the flag again in the finale.
Click to see a large view.	(Clockwise from left) George Schrier, John Bradley, Ira Hayes and Rene Gagnon at Union Station in Washington DC for the premiere of "Sands of Iwo Jima" 1949. Schrier led the platoon up Mt. Suribachi to raise the first flag, Bradley was a funeral director in Wisconsin, Hayes a farmer in Arizona and Gagnon an airlines clerk in New Hampshire.
	John Wayne being memorialized at Grauman's Chinese Theater. Wayne's plaque is black. Black cement made from the black sands of Iwo Jima.
Click to see a large view.	A scene from the movie "The Outsider" about Ira Hayes. Tony Curtis (far left) played Hayes. Actors playing John Bradley and Rene Gagnon meet the press.
	Steven Spielberg acquired the movie rights. Clint Eastwood is the Director. Learn more . . . www.FlagsOfOurFathers.com
	Also directed by Clint Eastwood This film portrays the Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of the Japanese soldiers.

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Al | January 29, 2010 5:29 AM | Reply

Another good film to watch is, "Iwo Jima 36 Days of Hell- The True Story" it was released in 2008.

arteom | December 22, 2009 2:39 AM | Reply

I watched three of these movies.Flags of our Four fathers,sands of iwo jima and letters from iwo jima and all of them are awesome!

Rick Monahan | November 24, 2009 5:56 AM | Reply

Those who fought there were a great inspiration to us in the younger generation. Last week 11 Nov 2009 we lost a great man of God, Robert Shillinger of Marthasville Mo, who as a young man went thru hell-on-Earth to help take that island. I have been in the war zones of Iraq and Afganistan and don't think we have gone thru anything close to what they went thru. He said that the Navy and the Army air corps let up too soon when they got sent in to take the island. He said it would of been better had they starved out the enemy, then to have run them out. For those who where on Iwo Jima, thank you very much!
Your alls friend in Christ,
Rick Monahan
Bagram / Kabul, Afganistan

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