Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

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.

Director

Clint Eastwood

Writers

William Broyles Jr., Paul Haggis

Themes1940saftercreditsstingerbased on true storyduringcreditsstingerdying and deathiwo jimajapanpacificpacific warworld war ii