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John Bradley worked in a funeral home, Rene Gagnon spent the rest of his life as a janitor and Ira Hayes died in a ditch only weeks after the statue of he and his comrades was commemorated. When the war was over, their moment in history was made into a statue and the men themselves banished to the dustbin of old news. The suits behind the war pulled the three survivors back from the front, and sent them on a cross-country tour to raise money for war bonds. The image, captured almost randomly and seized upon by a nation hungry for some evidence of good news, became an overnight sensation. Of the original six men in the photograph, three - John Bradley, Rene Gagnon and Ira Hayes - survived the battle. The moment was snapped by photographer Joe Rosenthal, and the men depicted in the act were thus immortalized. Suribachi, and raised a flag to mark the occasion.

Five days into the campaign, the American forces took the highest point on the island, Mt. The battle of Iwo Jima lasted 35 days and reaped a bumper crop of blood and bodies. This film takes as its central conceit the story of the three men who helped to raise the American flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during the Second World War. Help our spring fundraising succeed.Ī case in point: Clint Eastwood's latest film, Flags of Our Fathers. So The Tyee will dive deep into your key issues - with your support. The Conversations We Need? We Asked, You Told Us The Tyee’s Francesca Fionda and experts will explore safety, security and solutions.

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