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.
If you liked this movie, you should also see: Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)Kingdom of Heaven (2005)Black Hawk Down (2001)Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)