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
If you deliberately plan on being less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life.”
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