Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

2006 · 135 min · War, Drama, History

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.

Directed by Clint Eastwood. Starring Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, John Benjamin Hickey and John Slattery.

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