A side of Iwo Jima you may not know.
This movie has some war footage, but isn't quite so much about battles in faraway places. It's about the
exploitation of a few of the men that were raising the American flag in that famous photo from Iwo Jima. These men were apparently, quickly raised to a level of hero by the American public, and the government realized they could put these guys on tour and use them to raise money for the war effort. It's really a sad and dark tale. It's filmed well and Clint Eastwood directed the acting very well. It's just kind of a difficult realization of what many of us probably know as a heroic moment from a horrible battle in WWII. For that reason it's probably not for everyone.
...keeping an eye on things
He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.”
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