1 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:15,000 Created and Encoded by -- Bokutox -- of www.YIFY-TORRENTS.com. The Best 720p/1080p/3d movies with the lowest file size on the internet. 2 00:01:05,274 --> 00:01:07,024 Corpsman ! 3 00:01:12,030 --> 00:01:13,906 Corpsman ! 4 00:01:15,576 --> 00:01:17,368 Corpsman ! 5 00:01:26,044 --> 00:01:28,838 For God's sakes! Corpsman ! 6 00:01:32,050 --> 00:01:34,010 Corpsman ! 7 00:01:46,231 --> 00:01:49,066 Corpsman ! 8 00:01:53,405 --> 00:01:55,114 What's wrong? 9 00:02:11,006 --> 00:02:14,592 Every jackass thinks he knows what war is. 10 00:02:15,677 --> 00:02:18,513 Especially those who have never been in one. 11 00:02:19,348 --> 00:02:22,099 We Iike things nice and simpIe: 12 00:02:22,100 --> 00:02:26,145 Good and evil, heroes and villains. 13 00:02:26,355 --> 00:02:29,232 There's always plenty of both. 14 00:02:30,609 --> 00:02:34,904 Most of the time, they are not who we think they are. 15 00:02:53,006 --> 00:02:54,841 Where is he? 16 00:02:56,176 --> 00:02:58,177 Where is he? 17 00:02:59,555 --> 00:03:03,140 Where, where is he? 18 00:03:05,143 --> 00:03:07,186 Mr. Bradley? 19 00:03:09,147 --> 00:03:11,190 Mr. B? You okay? 20 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,026 -Where is he? -Where is who? 21 00:03:14,278 --> 00:03:17,154 Where is he? Where did he go? Where, where is he? 22 00:03:17,322 --> 00:03:19,657 All right. Just stay right here, okay? 23 00:03:19,867 --> 00:03:23,327 I'm gonna call an ambulance. It'll be okay. 24 00:03:24,872 --> 00:03:26,956 Where is he? 25 00:03:29,293 --> 00:03:33,838 Most guys I knew would never talk about what happened over there. 26 00:03:34,172 --> 00:03:37,300 Probably because they're still trying to forget about it. 27 00:03:37,509 --> 00:03:42,513 They certainly didn't think of themselves as heroes. 28 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:47,852 They died without glory. 29 00:03:48,061 --> 00:03:50,563 Nobody has taken their pictures. 30 00:03:50,772 --> 00:03:53,065 Only their buddies knew what they did. 31 00:03:53,317 --> 00:03:56,527 I'd tell their folks they died for their country. 32 00:03:57,654 --> 00:03:59,447 I'm not sure that was it. 33 00:03:59,656 --> 00:04:02,199 Now, there were plenty other photos taken that day. . . 34 00:04:02,242 --> 00:04:04,577 . . . but none anybody wanted to see. 35 00:04:04,786 --> 00:04:08,247 What we see and do in war. . . 36 00:04:08,457 --> 00:04:12,627 . . .the cruelty, is unbelievable. 37 00:04:13,211 --> 00:04:16,130 But somehow we gotta make some sense of it. 38 00:04:16,214 --> 00:04:19,717 To do that, we need an easy-to-understand truth. . . 39 00:04:19,927 --> 00:04:22,219 . . .and damn few words. 40 00:04:24,264 --> 00:04:25,890 Film's ruined. 41 00:04:26,099 --> 00:04:29,936 I don't know. This one looks all right. 42 00:04:33,732 --> 00:04:36,275 And if you can get a picture.... 43 00:04:39,237 --> 00:04:44,617 Now, the right picture can win or lose a war. 44 00:04:44,826 --> 00:04:47,411 You're gonna want to see this. 45 00:04:48,246 --> 00:04:49,372 Look at Vietnam. 46 00:04:49,581 --> 00:04:51,832 The picture of that South Vietnamese officer. . . 47 00:04:52,042 --> 00:04:55,419 . . . blowing that fella's brains out of the side of his head. 48 00:04:57,172 --> 00:04:58,756 That was it. 49 00:04:59,257 --> 00:05:01,258 The war was lost. 50 00:05:02,260 --> 00:05:05,262 We just hung around trying to pretend it wasn't. 51 00:05:07,265 --> 00:05:11,852 Took a lot of other pictures that day. None of them made a difference. 52 00:05:14,356 --> 00:05:16,691 Thanks. Appreciate it. 53 00:05:27,077 --> 00:05:29,704 Sounds ridiculous, but it happened. 54 00:05:30,747 --> 00:05:32,081 Country was bankrupt. 55 00:05:32,290 --> 00:05:36,752 People were becoming cynical and tired of war. 56 00:05:50,308 --> 00:05:53,310 -Oh, my Lord, that's Harlon ! -Where? 57 00:05:53,353 --> 00:05:57,314 Right there. Planting that flag, that's your brother. 58 00:05:57,482 --> 00:05:59,692 Ma, all you can see is his behind. 59 00:05:59,901 --> 00:06:03,863 And that's his. I powdered and diapered it, I know my son. 60 00:06:04,072 --> 00:06:06,615 That's him. Go get your father. 61 00:06:06,825 --> 00:06:09,910 Daddy, Ma's got a picture of Harlon's keister in the paper. 62 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:13,080 You watch your mouth, young man. 63 00:06:26,762 --> 00:06:28,345 Thank you. 64 00:06:30,682 --> 00:06:35,603 One photo, almost all on its own, turned that around. 65 00:06:35,812 --> 00:06:38,522 It's on the front page of every major paper. 66 00:06:38,774 --> 00:06:43,235 Over 200 dailies and they're all flooded with requests for prints. 67 00:06:44,613 --> 00:06:47,448 I think we might have found it. 68 00:07:37,415 --> 00:07:39,750 Corpsman! 69 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:41,585 Corpsman! 70 00:07:45,549 --> 00:07:46,966 Corpsman ! 71 00:07:47,175 --> 00:07:48,926 -I gotta go get him. -Oh, no, you don't. 72 00:07:49,136 --> 00:07:50,427 Iggy, I gotta go. 73 00:07:50,428 --> 00:07:54,515 I have a whole different theory. He wants medical attention, he'll come to us. 74 00:07:54,724 --> 00:07:58,477 Hey, shut up and crawl over here, you lazy son of a bitch ! 75 00:07:58,687 --> 00:08:00,479 -As soon as that flare goes out. -Crap. 76 00:08:00,689 --> 00:08:02,606 -Okay, well, I'll go with you. -No. 77 00:08:02,858 --> 00:08:05,442 -You're gonna leave me here? -I'll be right back, just-- 78 00:08:05,610 --> 00:08:07,987 Shoot some people. I gotta go. 79 00:08:20,458 --> 00:08:22,042 Oh, God. 80 00:08:22,544 --> 00:08:23,794 Okay, it's okay. 81 00:08:24,462 --> 00:08:25,629 Don't touch them. 82 00:08:25,922 --> 00:08:28,465 Get your hands out, let me do that. Don't look. 83 00:08:28,466 --> 00:08:30,384 Keep your head back, your eyes on me. 84 00:08:30,468 --> 00:08:33,846 Look at me. I'll get it. I'll take care of it. 85 00:08:34,055 --> 00:08:37,057 We'll get this bandage on you. We'll get you taken care of. 86 00:08:37,267 --> 00:08:39,768 And we'll get you down to the bottom, all right? 87 00:08:39,978 --> 00:08:42,771 You're gonna be fine. 88 00:08:42,981 --> 00:08:44,773 It's okay. 89 00:08:44,983 --> 00:08:47,276 I'll do that. I'll do that. 90 00:08:47,611 --> 00:08:50,946 Put some pressure on that. Put your hands on top and put pressure on it. 91 00:08:51,156 --> 00:08:53,032 Keep your head back. Keep breathing. 92 00:08:53,241 --> 00:08:56,410 Keep looking at me, all right? Just keep looking at-- 93 00:09:01,499 --> 00:09:02,917 Doc. 94 00:09:04,502 --> 00:09:06,962 Help me. 95 00:09:09,507 --> 00:09:12,509 Help me. 96 00:09:35,408 --> 00:09:37,201 How does that feel? 97 00:09:38,286 --> 00:09:40,537 -It feels good. -It does? All right. 98 00:09:40,538 --> 00:09:43,207 -Good. -All right. 99 00:09:43,416 --> 00:09:45,918 I'm gonna go get a stretcher. I'll be right back. 100 00:09:46,127 --> 00:09:48,128 I'm all right. 101 00:09:48,338 --> 00:09:50,547 Go and help someone who's hurt. 102 00:09:51,549 --> 00:09:54,134 All right. Hold on there. 103 00:10:05,981 --> 00:10:07,690 -Where did he go? -Who? 104 00:10:07,899 --> 00:10:11,360 -The guy who was right here, Ignatowski. -You jumped in the wrong hole. 105 00:10:11,569 --> 00:10:15,572 I didn't jump in the wrong hole! He was right here, now where the hell is he? 106 00:10:16,574 --> 00:10:18,575 Iggy! 107 00:10:19,577 --> 00:10:20,619 Iggy! 108 00:10:20,829 --> 00:10:23,038 Shut up. You want every Jap shooting at us? 109 00:10:23,248 --> 00:10:24,999 Iggy! 110 00:10:44,769 --> 00:10:47,354 Holy shit. 111 00:10:49,149 --> 00:10:50,607 They expect us to climb this? 112 00:10:54,612 --> 00:10:56,780 Or something just like it. 113 00:11:03,621 --> 00:11:06,123 So where you think they're sending us? 114 00:11:06,875 --> 00:11:09,501 I think it's the desert, Franklin. 115 00:11:09,878 --> 00:11:11,628 Well, that makes no sense at all. 116 00:11:11,796 --> 00:11:13,630 Well, it's just military psychology. 117 00:11:13,673 --> 00:11:17,217 They always train you for the desert on a volcano. 118 00:11:18,762 --> 00:11:21,930 Now you're just having fun with me. 119 00:11:22,140 --> 00:11:25,517 Harlon, take your men right. Watch for Bedouins. 120 00:11:25,643 --> 00:11:28,979 -What's a Bedouin? -It's a guy with a camel. 121 00:11:29,773 --> 00:11:33,817 Well, jeez Louise, maybe we are going to the desert. 122 00:11:34,069 --> 00:11:39,239 Now, you tilt that to the right, but what if the bullet comes from the left? 123 00:11:39,449 --> 00:11:44,036 Bullets don't come from the left. You know any left-handed Japs? 124 00:11:44,245 --> 00:11:46,997 That makes as much sense as you showering with your shoes on. 125 00:11:47,207 --> 00:11:49,333 You don't even know why you do it, do you? 126 00:11:49,542 --> 00:11:51,668 Because I don't tell you mean I don't know? 127 00:11:51,711 --> 00:11:54,129 You do it because Mike does it. 128 00:11:54,672 --> 00:11:56,465 I'll ask him. 129 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:59,843 -So you cut hair back home? -Some. 130 00:12:00,095 --> 00:12:02,262 Training to be a barber, are you, Doc? 131 00:12:02,472 --> 00:12:05,432 No, I just studied it a little. 132 00:12:06,184 --> 00:12:09,812 -But not in barber school? -Nope. 133 00:12:11,981 --> 00:12:13,690 Let me guess, Hayes is winning. 134 00:12:13,858 --> 00:12:16,693 Chief, I had very little to do with Sitting Bull's death. . . 135 00:12:16,861 --> 00:12:19,029 . . .so maybe you could stop taking it out on me. 136 00:12:19,739 --> 00:12:23,700 Different tribe. The Pimas fought on the side of the white man. 137 00:12:23,868 --> 00:12:25,744 -See, now that's smart. -That is smart. 138 00:12:25,954 --> 00:12:29,373 Yeah. Worked real good for us. 139 00:12:29,582 --> 00:12:30,958 Good luck, fellas. 140 00:12:31,167 --> 00:12:32,960 Hey, good night, Lindberg. 141 00:12:33,169 --> 00:12:37,131 Dead bodies. He cuts hair on dead bodies. 142 00:12:38,383 --> 00:12:39,883 Even I knew that. 143 00:12:41,803 --> 00:12:44,721 -Who's in? -Oh, I'm in. 144 00:12:44,973 --> 00:12:48,434 It must be a lot easier with them not moving around and all. 145 00:12:48,643 --> 00:12:50,185 There's that. 146 00:12:50,895 --> 00:12:52,521 You know what I been thinking? 147 00:12:52,730 --> 00:12:55,441 Well, they been telling us we need to buddy up. . . 148 00:12:55,650 --> 00:12:58,068 . . .and I think we'd make pretty good buddies. 149 00:12:58,278 --> 00:12:59,736 And how do you figure that? 150 00:12:59,779 --> 00:13:03,657 Well, you know, in that we have a lot in common. 151 00:13:04,826 --> 00:13:06,994 So why do you cut dead people's hair, anyway? 152 00:13:07,203 --> 00:13:09,746 I'm studying to work in a funeral home. 153 00:13:11,875 --> 00:13:14,293 You tell a lot of people that? 154 00:13:14,502 --> 00:13:17,754 You actually chose the Marines because they got the best uniform? 155 00:13:18,423 --> 00:13:22,342 No sense being a hero if you don't look like one. 156 00:13:24,512 --> 00:13:26,180 Jacks. 157 00:13:27,015 --> 00:13:28,348 Queens. 158 00:13:28,850 --> 00:13:30,767 Shit. 159 00:13:31,644 --> 00:13:34,062 Do anything on that reservation but play cards, chief? 160 00:13:34,272 --> 00:13:37,816 All right, listen up, you sorry bunch of leathernecks! 161 00:13:39,194 --> 00:13:42,654 We going over the side tomorrow which means we ain't long for this rock. 162 00:13:42,780 --> 00:13:44,156 -All right! -About time. 163 00:13:44,365 --> 00:13:47,159 Any man who doesn't have his masturbation papers in order. . . 164 00:13:47,368 --> 00:13:49,745 . . .get them signed by tomorrow or he ain't going. 165 00:13:49,787 --> 00:13:52,164 -I got mine already. -Oh, yeah. I'm square. 166 00:13:52,373 --> 00:13:54,500 Wait. Why am I just hearing about this? 167 00:13:54,751 --> 00:13:56,835 I don't have to repeat everything twice for you. 168 00:13:57,045 --> 00:14:00,380 No, I didn't hear nothing about no masturbating papers. 169 00:14:00,590 --> 00:14:02,591 Heard they were running short. 170 00:14:03,676 --> 00:14:06,720 You know, nobody tells me nothing. That's real nice, guys. 171 00:14:06,804 --> 00:14:11,099 All right, get over to the officer in charge of records. Maybe he's got more. 172 00:14:11,809 --> 00:14:14,269 -Leave your smokes. I'll play for you. -Thanks, Mike. 173 00:14:14,479 --> 00:14:17,189 Listen, he calls you an idiot, you take it like a man, okay? 174 00:14:17,398 --> 00:14:19,399 Just do not leave without signing them. 175 00:14:19,609 --> 00:14:21,818 -I appreciate it, sergeant. -You got it. 176 00:14:27,825 --> 00:14:31,161 What the hell happened to your hair, Rene? 177 00:14:31,913 --> 00:14:33,372 Look like a goddamn corpse. 178 00:14:38,628 --> 00:14:41,922 Three points of contact on that rope at all times. 179 00:14:42,131 --> 00:14:45,634 Next four. Over the side. 180 00:14:45,843 --> 00:14:48,095 Let's go. Keep moving. 181 00:14:48,304 --> 00:14:50,138 Next four, over the side. 182 00:14:50,348 --> 00:14:53,600 Keep your eye on the guy below you. That's all you gotta look at. 183 00:14:53,810 --> 00:14:55,852 Watch me, Doc, just watch me. 184 00:14:55,853 --> 00:14:59,273 Keep three points of contact on the rope at all times. 185 00:15:01,609 --> 00:15:04,528 You see? No big thing. 186 00:15:04,737 --> 00:15:08,031 Just one step at a time and keep your hands on the vertical rope. 187 00:15:08,283 --> 00:15:09,866 Once you're in the boat, move away. 188 00:15:09,993 --> 00:15:12,661 Make sure you keep three points of contact on the rope. 189 00:15:13,997 --> 00:15:16,582 -I got him ! -All right, get that man out of the water. 190 00:15:16,791 --> 00:15:18,375 Give me a hand. 191 00:15:20,003 --> 00:15:23,463 -Don't worry about him, Doc. -All right, quit skylarking ! Keep moving. 192 00:15:23,673 --> 00:15:26,049 He'll be fine. 193 00:15:26,301 --> 00:15:28,802 Our target, Island X. . . 194 00:15:28,886 --> 00:15:33,640 . . . is an ugly, smelly, dirty little scab of rock called Iwo Jima. 195 00:15:33,891 --> 00:15:36,893 It means Sulfur Island, which accounts for the smell. 196 00:15:38,438 --> 00:15:40,897 Looks sort of like a burnt pork chop, you ask me. 197 00:15:42,358 --> 00:15:45,611 After 20 straight days of bombing you won't find a blade of grass. . . 198 00:15:45,820 --> 00:15:48,905 . . .or a twig on it. It wasn't that pretty to start with. 199 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:50,282 Captain? 200 00:15:50,491 --> 00:15:53,660 Iwo's just five and a half miles long, two and a half wide. 201 00:15:54,078 --> 00:15:57,289 There's a lump down at the bottom. That's Mount Suribachi. 202 00:15:57,498 --> 00:15:59,708 On the maps in front of you the island is white. 203 00:15:59,917 --> 00:16:00,917 Not much of it. 204 00:16:01,836 --> 00:16:04,671 The black dots represent known enemy emplacements. 205 00:16:04,881 --> 00:16:08,717 Coastal defense guns, dual-mount dual- purpose guns, covered artillery. 206 00:16:08,926 --> 00:16:10,927 Rifle pits, foxholes, antitank guns. . . 207 00:16:11,095 --> 00:16:14,723 . . . machine guns, blockhouses, pillboxes, and earth-covered structures. 208 00:16:14,932 --> 00:16:17,434 I don't see any barracks or any other structures. 209 00:16:17,894 --> 00:16:19,102 That's right. 210 00:16:19,354 --> 00:16:20,896 And we still don't know why. 211 00:16:21,397 --> 00:16:23,940 Now, this isn't just any island to them. 212 00:16:24,025 --> 00:16:28,528 This isn't Tarawa, Guam, Tinian, or Saipan. 213 00:16:28,738 --> 00:16:31,948 This is Japanese soil, sacred ground. 214 00:16:32,367 --> 00:16:34,951 Twelve thousand Japanese defenders in eight square miles. 215 00:16:35,119 --> 00:16:37,537 They will not leave politely, gentlemen. 216 00:16:37,747 --> 00:16:39,247 It's up to us to convince them. 217 00:16:40,375 --> 00:16:42,834 The 28th will land here at Green Beach. 218 00:16:43,127 --> 00:16:46,088 The 8th Ammo Company will land here to resupply. 219 00:16:46,297 --> 00:16:49,966 The Suribachi's guns are the problem. They can hit any point on the island. 220 00:16:49,967 --> 00:16:53,553 We're sitting ducks until we take them out. That's our job. 221 00:16:54,138 --> 00:16:57,974 We cut across the island at the base, slit its throat, lop off its head. 222 00:16:58,059 --> 00:17:02,562 And we take that mountain. We take that mountain, we take their big guns. 223 00:17:02,772 --> 00:17:04,773 We take their eyes. 224 00:17:17,870 --> 00:17:20,288 Okay, l'm heading in. Follow me. 225 00:17:20,707 --> 00:17:22,541 Let's put a good show on for the Marines. 226 00:17:22,750 --> 00:17:24,751 Close it up. Take it right down to the deck. 227 00:17:39,934 --> 00:17:42,144 Yeah, boys! 228 00:17:45,314 --> 00:17:48,442 Man overboard portside! 229 00:17:56,743 --> 00:17:58,076 See him? 230 00:18:00,496 --> 00:18:03,039 -Throw me a line! -He's right there. 231 00:18:03,624 --> 00:18:06,209 -Where is he? -Watch out, watch out, watch out. 232 00:18:06,502 --> 00:18:08,628 Hawaii's that way! 233 00:18:11,758 --> 00:18:15,635 Just keep paddling, Mac, we'll catch you on the way back! 234 00:18:16,304 --> 00:18:18,805 Hold on, they're gonna lower a raft! 235 00:18:20,099 --> 00:18:21,641 They're not gonna stop. 236 00:18:21,851 --> 00:18:23,226 What? 237 00:18:23,478 --> 00:18:27,063 None of them are. They can't. 238 00:18:33,112 --> 00:18:36,072 So much for "no man left behind." 239 00:18:43,039 --> 00:18:44,998 -Sir. -Come on in. 240 00:18:45,082 --> 00:18:48,627 Look, I've had to make a few other changes. I'm promoting you. . . 241 00:18:48,836 --> 00:18:50,754 . . .to platoon sergeant. 242 00:18:51,631 --> 00:18:54,674 -Thank you, sir. I appreciate it. -You bet. 243 00:18:54,884 --> 00:18:57,886 Trouble is, I already told my men I'd see them through this. 244 00:18:58,179 --> 00:19:02,265 That your James Cagney impersonation? Because I've heard better. 245 00:19:02,892 --> 00:19:04,643 Well, I'll keep practicing, then. 246 00:19:06,103 --> 00:19:09,147 This isn't your first time. You don't need to prove anything. 247 00:19:09,357 --> 00:19:10,857 No, sir. 248 00:19:12,693 --> 00:19:16,112 You're not the best sergeant, you're just the best one that's still walking. 249 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:18,114 -Block's a good man. -Yes, sir, he is. 250 00:19:18,157 --> 00:19:20,700 The men know him, he can step right in. 251 00:19:22,995 --> 00:19:25,205 You know, I have actually thought this through. 252 00:19:25,414 --> 00:19:28,124 Platoon sergeant puts you further away from the bullets. 253 00:19:28,292 --> 00:19:31,086 I already gave them my word, sir. 254 00:19:31,128 --> 00:19:33,004 I told them I'd bring them all home. 255 00:19:33,130 --> 00:19:36,258 Which means I already lied to half of them. Can't lie to the rest. 256 00:19:39,804 --> 00:19:40,887 How are your men? 257 00:19:41,097 --> 00:19:42,889 They'll do fine. 258 00:19:43,307 --> 00:19:44,724 Except maybe Gagnon. 259 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:47,936 Our own Tyrone Power? 260 00:19:48,312 --> 00:19:50,146 Yes, sir. He's a good man, just. . . 261 00:19:50,273 --> 00:19:53,149 . . . might be better use further back from the lines. 262 00:19:55,152 --> 00:19:57,153 I'll use him as a runner. 263 00:19:58,114 --> 00:19:59,739 All right. Thank you, sir. 264 00:20:00,032 --> 00:20:01,575 Now get out of here. 265 00:20:08,332 --> 00:20:11,167 Hear the good news, Doc? We're going in with the first waves. 266 00:20:11,335 --> 00:20:14,754 Hey, you do that again I'll take your head off! 267 00:20:14,964 --> 00:20:16,172 Fucking dominoes. 268 00:20:16,966 --> 00:20:20,760 Iggy, have you ever heard news you considered to be bad? 269 00:20:21,429 --> 00:20:23,263 The first ones off the ship, Doc. 270 00:20:23,848 --> 00:20:25,849 We don't go over the side of the ship. 271 00:20:26,058 --> 00:20:28,268 We hop on a tractor, they drive us right there. 272 00:20:28,644 --> 00:20:30,854 Oh, shit, that is good news. 273 00:20:31,063 --> 00:20:33,523 You see? What did I tell you? 274 00:20:40,197 --> 00:20:42,157 What's going on? 275 00:20:44,452 --> 00:20:46,620 -I'm going up to take a look. -Let's go. 276 00:20:46,871 --> 00:20:48,496 Let's go topside. Come on ! 277 00:20:48,706 --> 00:20:50,373 -I'll go with you. -Come on, come on ! 278 00:20:50,625 --> 00:20:51,917 What the hell? 279 00:20:53,002 --> 00:20:54,794 -Let's go, let's go! -Right behind you. 280 00:21:07,808 --> 00:21:09,643 Look at that. 281 00:21:10,227 --> 00:21:13,396 We're killing them ! We're killing them, Doc. 282 00:21:39,674 --> 00:21:42,258 I was promised 10 days of shelling. 283 00:21:42,301 --> 00:21:45,428 You're giving me three and saying that's the best you can do? 284 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:48,765 I don't give a shit! My men hit that beach with less than 10. . . 285 00:21:48,975 --> 00:21:51,643 . . .and I'll be taking them home to their mamas in buckets! 286 00:21:54,397 --> 00:21:56,064 Yeah, I know exactly why. 287 00:21:56,273 --> 00:21:59,025 Because every Navy man with a scrambled egg on his chest. . . 288 00:21:59,235 --> 00:22:01,861 . . .wants to offload us here and sail to Japan. . . 289 00:22:02,071 --> 00:22:05,031 . . .so they can be there for the big finish. 290 00:22:05,241 --> 00:22:08,284 Tell their kids they captured the emperor all by themselves. 291 00:22:08,452 --> 00:22:12,956 Well, you aren't going to Japan unless we take this piece-of-shit island ! 292 00:22:13,165 --> 00:22:16,084 These little pricks are dug in ! 293 00:22:18,295 --> 00:22:23,967 Okay. Appreciate that, Jim. Three days is a fucking beautiful thing. 294 00:22:29,056 --> 00:22:31,307 Sharpen your knife or bayonet? 295 00:22:31,892 --> 00:22:33,351 I'm okay. 296 00:22:34,311 --> 00:22:38,732 -Sharpen your knife or bayonet? -Jesus, Iggy, leave me alone, all right? 297 00:22:39,191 --> 00:22:43,236 How about you guys? Knife? Bayonet? Kick in the ass? 298 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:46,656 How about you, Doc? Sharpen your knife? 299 00:22:46,866 --> 00:22:48,700 You sharpened it three times already. 300 00:22:48,909 --> 00:22:51,578 Then I better make sure I didn't nick it. 301 00:22:53,330 --> 00:22:55,123 Good man, Doc. 302 00:22:59,128 --> 00:23:01,337 -Hey, Doc. -Yeah. 303 00:23:02,506 --> 00:23:06,217 When we land, try not to wave this kit around too much. 304 00:23:06,343 --> 00:23:08,386 They got sharpshooters trained to look for them. 305 00:23:08,596 --> 00:23:10,430 They know if they take out a corpsman. . . 306 00:23:10,639 --> 00:23:13,099 . . .another dozen Marines will die unattended. 307 00:23:13,350 --> 00:23:15,101 Okay, Mike. 308 00:23:21,358 --> 00:23:22,817 Yeah, right there. 309 00:23:53,808 --> 00:23:57,393 -Close the damn door. For God's sake. -Yeah, like that's gonna help. 310 00:24:04,401 --> 00:24:06,152 That your girlfriend, chief? 311 00:24:08,405 --> 00:24:10,740 Bet she's a pretty damn good-looking squaw. 312 00:24:10,950 --> 00:24:14,410 Bet you're missing her, and that little wigwam of yours. 313 00:24:24,004 --> 00:24:27,715 Welcome, all Marines off lwo Jima. 314 00:24:27,925 --> 00:24:29,425 We have a long-time wait-- 315 00:24:29,552 --> 00:24:31,594 It's what they do to prisoners. . . 316 00:24:35,141 --> 00:24:37,225 . . .at least the lucky ones. 317 00:24:37,434 --> 00:24:38,852 Jesus. 318 00:24:39,103 --> 00:24:44,190 If I were you, cowpokes, I wouldn't think about waving a white bandanna. 319 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:48,695 Poor Marines, so far from home for no good reason. 320 00:24:49,738 --> 00:24:53,408 Think of your girls back home, waiting for you. 321 00:24:53,450 --> 00:24:56,494 But a girl cannot stay home every night... 322 00:24:56,704 --> 00:25:00,373 ...so who do you think they're with tonight? 323 00:25:00,457 --> 00:25:05,962 And will she let him kiss her? And will he comfort her at your funeral? 324 00:25:06,172 --> 00:25:10,592 This sweet music is to make you think of your girls back home... 325 00:25:10,801 --> 00:25:12,218 ...who are missing you. 326 00:25:12,511 --> 00:25:16,472 This is all for now. l'll see you tomorrow night. 327 00:28:02,639 --> 00:28:04,640 We're clear! 328 00:28:07,811 --> 00:28:08,936 Get up the berm ! 329 00:28:12,232 --> 00:28:13,649 Baker Company, move out! 330 00:28:13,692 --> 00:28:15,651 -Seen Second Platoon? -I don't see them. 331 00:28:15,652 --> 00:28:18,363 -First squad, move out! -God, this place reeks. 332 00:28:32,669 --> 00:28:34,670 -Go, go, go! -Move out! 333 00:28:34,755 --> 00:28:40,676 Go, go, go! Go, go! Go! Go, go! Drop your packs! Go! 334 00:28:41,470 --> 00:28:42,595 All clear! 335 00:28:46,225 --> 00:28:47,683 Jesus, you needed some exercise? 336 00:28:47,810 --> 00:28:51,437 He got lost. 100 landing craft heading for one beach and this guy gets lost. 337 00:28:51,647 --> 00:28:53,689 I'm glad we did. Jesus, what a mess. 338 00:28:53,857 --> 00:28:56,567 Any theories why they ain't shooting? 339 00:28:57,486 --> 00:28:59,695 It's getting on my nerves. 340 00:28:59,738 --> 00:29:01,781 Maybe they're all dead. 341 00:29:02,408 --> 00:29:03,699 What do you think, Doc? 342 00:29:03,784 --> 00:29:07,120 -You think they're all dead? -Keep moving, Easy Company! Let's go! 343 00:29:28,725 --> 00:29:31,727 Mike, take six men and bring that gun onto the beach. 344 00:29:31,854 --> 00:29:35,231 Second Platoon, let's move out! Stay down. Come on. 345 00:29:35,732 --> 00:29:37,275 Move! Move! 346 00:30:15,189 --> 00:30:16,939 -Get down ! -Take cover! 347 00:30:18,358 --> 00:30:19,942 Move out! 348 00:30:28,035 --> 00:30:31,370 Go, go! Get up on the beach ! Get up on the berm ! 349 00:30:36,502 --> 00:30:37,543 Go, go, go! 350 00:30:43,592 --> 00:30:45,551 Cover fire! Pour it on ! 351 00:30:48,388 --> 00:30:51,557 Ray, shift your fire to the right, now! 352 00:31:00,817 --> 00:31:02,860 Corpsman ! 353 00:31:04,071 --> 00:31:07,573 I'm gonna sling your arm and then I'll give you a shot for the pain. 354 00:31:08,617 --> 00:31:12,828 Move, move! Off the beach ! Take cover! 355 00:31:17,709 --> 00:31:19,377 Dig in ! Dig in ! 356 00:31:19,962 --> 00:31:22,838 First Platoon ! Move, move! 357 00:31:29,846 --> 00:31:31,639 You got a girl back home, Marine? 358 00:31:31,848 --> 00:31:33,933 We're gonna make sure she sees you, all right? 359 00:31:34,142 --> 00:31:37,019 Hey, I need pressure on this wound ! 360 00:31:38,772 --> 00:31:43,317 -See anything? -Negative! Pull that fire team up! 361 00:31:44,027 --> 00:31:45,903 Where's the fire coming from? 362 00:31:56,873 --> 00:31:58,583 Where are they? 363 00:31:59,209 --> 00:32:01,210 Look for a flash, shoot at it! 364 00:32:02,462 --> 00:32:04,297 Let's go, let's-- 365 00:32:12,639 --> 00:32:15,641 -Move it out! -Move, move! Let's go! 366 00:32:21,898 --> 00:32:24,150 Twelve o'clock, take out the bunker! 367 00:32:25,319 --> 00:32:27,320 You're over! 368 00:32:36,913 --> 00:32:39,332 Third Squad, forward ! Move! 369 00:32:50,844 --> 00:32:52,803 Where are they, sir? 370 00:32:52,929 --> 00:32:55,848 We got ten o'clock! Ten o'clock, pillbox! Sergeant! 371 00:32:57,851 --> 00:32:59,935 Sergeant. I think I can clear that out. 372 00:32:59,978 --> 00:33:01,520 All right, you go. Here. 373 00:33:01,980 --> 00:33:04,690 Take these. Check your weapon. 374 00:33:04,941 --> 00:33:08,527 Yeah? Go! Cover! Cover him ! 375 00:33:14,284 --> 00:33:16,285 Cover, cover! 376 00:33:20,957 --> 00:33:22,375 Son of a bitch. 377 00:33:27,964 --> 00:33:30,508 -Let's go! Go! -Move it out! 378 00:33:33,970 --> 00:33:35,971 Go, go, go! 379 00:33:38,934 --> 00:33:41,143 Down, down, down ! 380 00:33:59,246 --> 00:34:01,539 -It's clear. -Good work. 381 00:34:10,048 --> 00:34:13,426 -I thought you said it was clear! -It was! 382 00:34:19,182 --> 00:34:22,727 Shit, I guess they're not in there firing at us then. 383 00:34:23,812 --> 00:34:25,146 Lindberg ! 384 00:34:25,355 --> 00:34:26,522 Yeah ! 385 00:34:26,732 --> 00:34:28,023 Light it up! 386 00:34:31,027 --> 00:34:34,029 -I'll cover you, Ice! -Don't cover shit! 387 00:34:34,197 --> 00:34:36,198 There's already enough people shooting. 388 00:34:36,450 --> 00:34:39,201 One bullet and this thing goes up like a Roman candle. 389 00:34:39,453 --> 00:34:41,704 Go! Shift fire! 390 00:34:41,913 --> 00:34:43,622 -Shift your fire! -Go, go! 391 00:34:46,042 --> 00:34:48,711 Shift your fire! 392 00:34:52,799 --> 00:34:55,050 Go! Go! 393 00:35:22,788 --> 00:35:25,080 Hit the deck! Stay down ! Wait for support! 394 00:35:26,750 --> 00:35:28,667 Is this a bad battle or what? 395 00:35:28,877 --> 00:35:31,086 -It's a fucking slaughter. -Get down ! 396 00:35:35,342 --> 00:35:37,092 Corpsman ! 397 00:35:42,057 --> 00:35:44,433 Christ Jesus! 398 00:35:50,690 --> 00:35:53,651 Get a machine gun team set up over here now! 399 00:35:53,902 --> 00:35:55,986 Corpsman ! Corpsman ! 400 00:35:58,323 --> 00:36:01,200 Thank God ! Tanks! Runner! 401 00:36:01,409 --> 00:36:04,036 Get those tanks up here! 402 00:36:05,121 --> 00:36:08,290 -Oh, shit. -Man. Get down ! 403 00:36:08,542 --> 00:36:11,126 Corporal, watch your left flank! 404 00:36:11,253 --> 00:36:13,087 -Let's go without them ! -Let's go! 405 00:36:13,129 --> 00:36:14,547 -Move out! Move out! -Let's go! 406 00:36:15,549 --> 00:36:17,258 Let's go, move it. Let's go! 407 00:36:41,324 --> 00:36:43,951 Iggy, you gotta lift your side, he's gonna roll off. 408 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:45,744 Got it, Doc! 409 00:36:48,582 --> 00:36:50,165 Incoming ! 410 00:36:50,625 --> 00:36:52,167 Corpsman ! 411 00:36:55,755 --> 00:37:00,134 -Move, move, move! -Everybody off the LVT, now! 412 00:37:00,176 --> 00:37:02,177 Give them cover fire! 413 00:37:09,644 --> 00:37:11,186 Corpsman ! 414 00:37:25,785 --> 00:37:27,161 Keep moving ! 415 00:37:27,203 --> 00:37:29,997 Get that LVT up on the beach ! 416 00:37:31,374 --> 00:37:33,208 Keep moving ! 417 00:37:38,965 --> 00:37:42,343 You're next, pal, we're getting you out of here. 418 00:37:45,639 --> 00:37:47,389 Move it! 419 00:38:01,738 --> 00:38:03,405 Great news. 420 00:38:04,407 --> 00:38:08,035 Maybe if you live up on Camp Tarawa, because that's where we're headed. 421 00:38:09,955 --> 00:38:11,246 Not you and me. 422 00:38:11,247 --> 00:38:15,417 Captain Severance asked who else was in that picture. Christ if I could remember. . . 423 00:38:15,669 --> 00:38:18,629 . . . but it was Mike and Doc and Franklin and me and Hank Hansen. . . 424 00:38:18,838 --> 00:38:21,799 . . . but I just remembered, you were there too. 425 00:38:26,596 --> 00:38:28,055 I wasn't there. 426 00:38:28,264 --> 00:38:29,848 Of course you were. 427 00:38:30,058 --> 00:38:33,811 Neither was Hank. He raised the first flag. Harlon Block raised that one. 428 00:38:34,062 --> 00:38:37,231 Shit. I told them it was Hank. 429 00:38:38,066 --> 00:38:40,651 If you weren't there, how'd you know it was Harlon? 430 00:38:40,860 --> 00:38:43,320 -You tell them it was me? -No. I just remembered. 431 00:38:43,530 --> 00:38:45,155 Good, keep your mouth shut. 432 00:38:46,241 --> 00:38:48,409 They know there was somebody else, by the picture. 433 00:38:48,618 --> 00:38:51,203 -Pick someone dead. -They don't want somebody dead. . . 434 00:38:51,287 --> 00:38:54,248 . . .they want to ship us back to the States. 435 00:38:54,290 --> 00:38:56,291 What did I tell you? 436 00:38:58,378 --> 00:39:01,547 -I wasn't there. You hear? -All right. 437 00:39:02,340 --> 00:39:04,967 Just settle down. 438 00:39:05,385 --> 00:39:08,804 -I'm not going anywhere. -You're not going anywhere. 439 00:39:55,810 --> 00:39:57,811 You wounded, son? 440 00:39:58,021 --> 00:39:59,354 No, sir. 441 00:39:59,355 --> 00:40:02,524 Did you take out a nest of Japs butt-naked with your bare hands? 442 00:40:02,776 --> 00:40:04,526 Because if I'm gonna give up my seat. . . 443 00:40:04,778 --> 00:40:07,446 . . .to a hero, he better have a good goddamn story to tell. 444 00:40:07,822 --> 00:40:09,114 No, sir. 445 00:40:09,407 --> 00:40:13,619 Then enjoy it, because they'll forget you before Christmas. 446 00:40:38,561 --> 00:40:41,313 Sixth man, you got a name? 447 00:40:41,397 --> 00:40:43,398 Sorry, still don't remember. 448 00:40:43,566 --> 00:40:47,361 Damn shame, because I promised the major you'd know who it was. 449 00:40:47,403 --> 00:40:51,740 Fact, you not knowing throws a doubt on you being one of the flag-raisers yourself. 450 00:40:51,950 --> 00:40:54,743 Since no one wants to be embarrassed, the moment you land. . . 451 00:40:54,953 --> 00:40:59,414 . . .they'll turn around, ship you to Okinawa to meet your buddies on the beach. 452 00:40:59,499 --> 00:41:01,416 So why don't you stop screwing with me? 453 00:41:01,543 --> 00:41:03,377 Give me a damn name. 454 00:41:21,229 --> 00:41:23,605 Gangway! Gangway! Let's go, let's go! Gangway! 455 00:41:23,857 --> 00:41:27,401 Where the hell is that son of a bitch? Hayes! Hayes! 456 00:41:27,861 --> 00:41:30,612 Hayes, get your red ass over here! Looks like I don't know. . . 457 00:41:30,864 --> 00:41:33,991 . . .what my men are doing with a flag the size of my mother's house? 458 00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:38,203 Damn it, you shouldn't have lied to me. Made me look like a complete asshole. 459 00:41:38,413 --> 00:41:41,415 We're gonna miss you around here. Good luck. 460 00:41:47,881 --> 00:41:50,966 Now your name's in the paper too. 461 00:41:54,470 --> 00:41:57,472 Just heard your doctor say we're postponing your operation. 462 00:41:57,557 --> 00:41:59,516 You're being shipped back to the mainland. 463 00:41:59,726 --> 00:42:03,770 Everybody who saw that picture thought planting the flag meant victory. 464 00:42:04,564 --> 00:42:08,192 That's all they wanted to know. Victory. 465 00:42:08,484 --> 00:42:12,571 Within a few weeks of that picture being taken, half the men in it were dead. 466 00:42:12,780 --> 00:42:16,491 Mrs. Hansen. Mrs. Hansen. Did you know Hank was a hero? 467 00:42:16,659 --> 00:42:19,077 -Are you proud of him? -What was he like as a boy? 468 00:42:19,287 --> 00:42:22,998 -Look this way, please, ma'am. -What do you have to say about your son? 469 00:42:23,917 --> 00:42:27,085 But, somehow, being a part of it meant something. 470 00:42:27,670 --> 00:42:33,508 Looking at it, you could believe their sacrifice was not a waste. 471 00:42:36,971 --> 00:42:39,681 Yeah, I might have thought that was Harlon too. 472 00:42:39,933 --> 00:42:41,558 It is. 473 00:42:42,518 --> 00:42:44,811 Belle, their names are right here. 474 00:42:45,021 --> 00:42:46,813 It's not him. 475 00:42:47,023 --> 00:42:52,319 And he would be alive and sitting right here if it wasn't for you. 476 00:42:52,528 --> 00:42:56,615 You think about that when you look at his picture, Ed. 477 00:44:03,516 --> 00:44:07,394 And I need to rush home and change because there's the governor's banquet. . . 478 00:44:07,603 --> 00:44:09,563 . . .and then there's the parade. 479 00:44:09,605 --> 00:44:13,150 Imagine, the governor is coming here to meet us. 480 00:44:13,359 --> 00:44:15,193 Now, I'm wearing blue so-- 481 00:44:15,403 --> 00:44:19,364 We interrupt this program to bring you a news bulletin from CBS World News. 482 00:44:19,615 --> 00:44:22,909 A press association has just announced that President Roosevelt is dead. 483 00:44:23,119 --> 00:44:25,620 The president died of a cerebral hemorrhage. 484 00:44:25,663 --> 00:44:30,584 All we know so far is that the president died at Warm Springs in Georgia. 485 00:44:31,627 --> 00:44:33,628 Further updates every hour. 486 00:44:33,755 --> 00:44:36,006 Temperatures will remain the same today... 487 00:44:36,215 --> 00:44:39,009 . . .in the mid-30s to low-40s with clear skies. 488 00:44:39,218 --> 00:44:40,677 Hello? 489 00:44:41,054 --> 00:44:43,805 Yes. Of course. 490 00:44:44,057 --> 00:44:48,226 No, we understand. It wouldn't be right. 491 00:44:49,354 --> 00:44:50,645 Thank you. 492 00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:57,444 Here he is, gentlemen. Senator Boyd, Senator Robson. 493 00:44:57,653 --> 00:45:01,239 Senator Haddigan, I'd like you to meet Private First Class Ira Hayes. 494 00:45:01,449 --> 00:45:03,241 Damn good to meet you. 495 00:45:03,451 --> 00:45:05,744 Proud to make your acquaintance, son. 496 00:45:10,541 --> 00:45:11,666 Sorry? 497 00:45:13,836 --> 00:45:16,671 That's Pima Indian talk, don't you know your own language? 498 00:45:16,756 --> 00:45:18,924 Took forever to memorize the damn gibberish. 499 00:45:19,133 --> 00:45:22,636 Sorry, I've been away from the reservation too long, senator. 500 00:45:28,476 --> 00:45:29,810 -Doc. -Ira. 501 00:45:30,019 --> 00:45:32,813 And now, the heroes of lwo Jima! 502 00:45:33,022 --> 00:45:36,483 -That's you. -Go, go, go. 503 00:45:36,692 --> 00:45:38,693 Please welcome. . . . 504 00:46:10,977 --> 00:46:12,727 Yeah. Yeah. 505 00:46:22,029 --> 00:46:25,240 Holy shit. 506 00:46:25,450 --> 00:46:28,326 Come in, come in, come in. Bud Gurber, Treasury Department. 507 00:46:28,536 --> 00:46:30,245 -Rene Gagnon. -Bud Gurber. 508 00:46:30,455 --> 00:46:33,165 -Showing the boys the sights? -Saw a hell of a ball game. 509 00:46:33,416 --> 00:46:35,500 That's great. The bar's there, help yourself. 510 00:46:35,710 --> 00:46:39,129 I got some briefing sheets for you, some simple things we want you to say. 511 00:46:39,338 --> 00:46:42,757 Mostly "Buy bonds." Can't say that too often. 512 00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:47,471 Itineraries, those'll change every minute. Everybody wants to meet you guys. 513 00:46:47,680 --> 00:46:50,807 I got women sending up envelopes with stockings in them. . . 514 00:46:51,017 --> 00:46:52,476 . . . notes written in lipstick. 515 00:46:52,685 --> 00:46:54,269 We won't mention that to the press. 516 00:46:54,479 --> 00:46:56,771 Have a drink, for chrissake. 517 00:46:56,772 --> 00:46:59,357 My God, what you boys must've seen over there. 518 00:46:59,567 --> 00:47:03,862 I've been watching the newsreels. Jesus Christ, that was a fight and a half. 519 00:47:04,780 --> 00:47:06,156 So. . . 520 00:47:06,365 --> 00:47:09,034 . . .we got a hell of a lot of money to raise, not much time. 521 00:47:09,243 --> 00:47:11,244 White House tomorrow, then you shake hands. . . 522 00:47:11,454 --> 00:47:14,122 . . .with a few hundred congressmen who won't pull out a penny. 523 00:47:14,332 --> 00:47:15,707 Politicians and actors. 524 00:47:15,791 --> 00:47:18,793 Put them in a restaurant, they'd die before paying the check. 525 00:47:18,794 --> 00:47:21,546 Then New York City, Times Square. . . 526 00:47:21,756 --> 00:47:24,508 . . .dinners with various hoi polloi, then Chicago. 527 00:47:24,717 --> 00:47:26,468 Who are these "Gold Star Mothers"? 528 00:47:26,677 --> 00:47:29,804 That's what we're calling the mothers of the dead flag-raisers. 529 00:47:29,972 --> 00:47:32,933 You present each mother with a flag, they say a few words. . . 530 00:47:33,142 --> 00:47:35,810 . . . people will shit money. It'll be so moving. 531 00:47:36,103 --> 00:47:38,396 But this says Hank Hansen's mom. 532 00:47:38,814 --> 00:47:41,608 Lovely woman. She knows how close you and her son were. 533 00:47:41,817 --> 00:47:45,529 He wrote home about you. She is very much looking forward to meeting you. 534 00:47:45,738 --> 00:47:48,532 Hank wasn't in the picture. 535 00:47:48,741 --> 00:47:50,116 Sorry? 536 00:47:50,826 --> 00:47:53,495 Hank didn't raise that flag. 537 00:47:53,704 --> 00:47:55,622 He raised the other one, the real flag. 538 00:47:55,831 --> 00:47:58,833 The what? The real flag? There's a real flag? 539 00:47:59,001 --> 00:48:03,004 Ours was the replacement flag. We put it up when they took the other one down. 540 00:48:03,256 --> 00:48:06,341 Am I the only one getting a headache here? You know about this? 541 00:48:06,551 --> 00:48:10,637 It was after it was already in the papers. The mothers had already been told, Bud. 542 00:48:10,846 --> 00:48:12,889 That's beautiful. Yeah, that's beautiful. 543 00:48:13,099 --> 00:48:16,893 Why tell me? I'm only the guy that has to explain it to 150 million Americans. 544 00:48:17,103 --> 00:48:20,855 Who's in the goddamn picture? Are any of you guys in the goddamn picture? 545 00:48:20,856 --> 00:48:22,857 Yeah, we're in the goddamn picture. 546 00:48:22,900 --> 00:48:25,860 Six guys raising a flag over Iwo Jima. Victory is ours. 547 00:48:26,028 --> 00:48:28,363 -You're three of them? -This was the fifth day. 548 00:48:28,573 --> 00:48:30,448 The battle went on for 35 more. 549 00:48:30,658 --> 00:48:33,868 What'd you do, raise a damn flag every time you stopped for lunch? 550 00:48:34,036 --> 00:48:35,870 Can I hit this guy? 551 00:48:35,913 --> 00:48:40,625 I don't give a shit, you raised the flag, that's the story we're selling, boys. 552 00:48:40,835 --> 00:48:44,170 Are you deaf? Hank isn't in the picture. Harlon is in the picture. 553 00:48:44,422 --> 00:48:45,880 Well, who the fuck is Harlon? 554 00:48:46,048 --> 00:48:50,802 Harlon Block. That's whose mother should be here if anyone's should be. 555 00:48:50,886 --> 00:48:54,973 You know, I think this whole damn thing is a farce, if you ask me. 556 00:49:14,076 --> 00:49:17,245 You know what they're calling this bond drive? The Mighty Seventh. 557 00:49:17,455 --> 00:49:21,041 They might've called it the "We're Flat Broke so We're Begging for Pennies". . . 558 00:49:21,250 --> 00:49:24,919 . . . bond drive, but it didn't have the ring. They could've called it that. . . 559 00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:28,465 . . . because the last bond drives came so short we printed money instead. 560 00:49:28,674 --> 00:49:30,675 Ask any smart boy on Wall Street. . . 561 00:49:30,885 --> 00:49:33,928 . . .our dollar is next to worthless, we borrowed so much. 562 00:49:33,929 --> 00:49:36,848 And nobody is lending any more. Ships aren't being built. 563 00:49:36,932 --> 00:49:40,518 Tanks aren't being built. Machine guns, bazookas, hand grenades, zip. 564 00:49:40,728 --> 00:49:43,855 You think this is a farce? You want to go back to your buddies? 565 00:49:43,939 --> 00:49:45,940 Stuff some rocks in your pockets. . . 566 00:49:45,983 --> 00:49:48,652 . . . because that's all we got to throw at the Japanese. 567 00:49:48,861 --> 00:49:51,404 And don't be surprised if your plane doesn't make it. . . 568 00:49:51,614 --> 00:49:53,239 . . . because the fuel dumps are empty. 569 00:49:53,449 --> 00:49:56,117 And our good friends the Arabs are only taking bullion. 570 00:49:56,369 --> 00:50:00,622 If we don't raise 14 billion dollars-- And that's million with a "B." 571 00:50:00,831 --> 00:50:02,874 --this war is over by the end of the month. 572 00:50:02,958 --> 00:50:05,710 We give the Japanese whatever they want and we come home. 573 00:50:05,920 --> 00:50:08,963 You've seen them fight, and they sure as shit ain't giving up. 574 00:50:09,048 --> 00:50:13,968 Fourteen billion. The last three drives didn't make that much altogether. 575 00:50:16,555 --> 00:50:21,101 People on the street corners, they looked at this picture and they took hope. 576 00:50:21,310 --> 00:50:25,397 Don't ask me why, I think it's crappy, myself. You can't even see your faces. 577 00:50:25,981 --> 00:50:29,776 But it said, "We can win this war, are winning this war. . . 578 00:50:29,985 --> 00:50:31,986 . . .we just need you to dig a little deeper." 579 00:50:32,029 --> 00:50:35,990 They wanna give us that money. No, they want to give it to you. 580 00:50:36,242 --> 00:50:38,993 But you don't want to ask for it, give them hope. 581 00:50:38,994 --> 00:50:42,789 You want to explain about this person and that flag. 582 00:50:42,998 --> 00:50:45,583 Well, that's your choice. 583 00:50:45,793 --> 00:50:49,379 Because if we admit we made a mistake, that's all anybody'll talk about. . . 584 00:50:49,588 --> 00:50:51,798 . . .and that will be that. 585 00:51:01,142 --> 00:51:02,726 Gentlemen. 586 00:51:04,019 --> 00:51:06,020 Mr. President, here they are. 587 00:51:06,147 --> 00:51:09,065 -Well, hello. Good to see you. -Mr. President. 588 00:51:09,275 --> 00:51:10,984 Darn good to see you, boys. 589 00:51:11,026 --> 00:51:14,821 Heard you had a hell of a fight on your hands out there, hell of a fight. 590 00:51:15,030 --> 00:51:18,408 Ira, you're off the Gila River Reservation in Arizona, am I right? 591 00:51:18,617 --> 00:51:20,493 Yes, Mr. President. 592 00:51:20,703 --> 00:51:24,038 Being an Indian, you are a truer American than any of us. 593 00:51:24,623 --> 00:51:27,041 Bet your people are proud you're in that uniform. 594 00:51:27,042 --> 00:51:28,376 Very proud, sir. 595 00:51:29,044 --> 00:51:31,713 They should be. Thank you for coming all this way. . . 596 00:51:31,922 --> 00:51:35,550 . . .to Washington to help us out. You fought for a mountain in the Pacific. . . 597 00:51:35,760 --> 00:51:38,553 . . . now we need you to fight for a mountain of cash. 598 00:51:38,763 --> 00:51:40,847 -I don't expect you'll let us down. -No, sir. 599 00:51:41,056 --> 00:51:43,224 -No, sir. -Good. Then go get it. 600 00:51:43,476 --> 00:51:45,643 That's the end of this ceremony. 601 00:51:45,853 --> 00:51:49,355 Let's take a look at this famous photo over here, see if I can pick you out. 602 00:51:50,149 --> 00:51:53,485 My gosh. There you are. 603 00:52:01,660 --> 00:52:04,996 Boys. Boys, this one's on me. 604 00:52:05,080 --> 00:52:08,333 -To those who can't be with us. -Yes, sir. 605 00:52:10,669 --> 00:52:14,881 Excuse me, Mr. Gagnon. May we have your autograph? 606 00:52:15,758 --> 00:52:17,884 I suppose. 607 00:52:18,677 --> 00:52:20,136 And your name is? 608 00:52:21,096 --> 00:52:24,182 I get the impression I'm drinking with the wrong heroes. 609 00:52:24,391 --> 00:52:28,686 You're such a hero. I feel honored to be in your presence. 610 00:52:28,896 --> 00:52:30,355 That's just not true. 611 00:52:33,692 --> 00:52:37,570 That's professional work. Here, to professionals. 612 00:52:47,164 --> 00:52:50,124 Here they are. You're the guys in the photograph, right? 613 00:52:50,167 --> 00:52:53,670 I heard you were on the train. Let me shake your hands. John Tennack. 614 00:52:53,879 --> 00:52:55,421 John Bradley. 615 00:52:55,631 --> 00:52:58,132 These boys, Harvard and Yale types, didn't fight. 616 00:52:58,217 --> 00:53:02,637 Pappies all rich sons of bitches. Boys, shake hands with some real war heroes. 617 00:53:02,847 --> 00:53:04,931 Excuse me for one moment. 618 00:53:05,140 --> 00:53:06,933 Buy them a drink while you're at it. 619 00:53:07,142 --> 00:53:09,435 Drinks for these men all the way around. 620 00:53:09,645 --> 00:53:12,146 And you're the other one, John Tennack, Tennack Homes. 621 00:53:12,314 --> 00:53:15,275 -Rene Gagnon. -Pleased to meet you. Have a drink. 622 00:53:15,484 --> 00:53:19,112 And here's my card. Listen to me, Rene. 623 00:53:19,154 --> 00:53:21,948 When you get finished being famous, you come see me. . . 624 00:53:22,157 --> 00:53:24,868 . . . because if you can sell bonds, you can sell homes. 625 00:53:25,077 --> 00:53:28,246 Now, they're not gonna build homes anymore, they're gonna deliver them. 626 00:53:28,455 --> 00:53:30,123 -Heard of prefab homes? -No, sir. 627 00:53:30,165 --> 00:53:34,043 You will. And you hang on to that card and you come see me, you hear? 628 00:53:34,169 --> 00:53:35,336 -All right? -Certainly will. 629 00:53:35,588 --> 00:53:36,921 All right. 630 00:53:43,846 --> 00:53:45,179 It's all right. 631 00:53:53,230 --> 00:53:56,190 This sure takes it, huh, Doc? 632 00:53:57,192 --> 00:54:00,361 If Mike and the guys could see us. 633 00:54:01,196 --> 00:54:03,698 Yeah, they'd hardly believe it, would they? 634 00:54:06,201 --> 00:54:07,869 Harlon ! 635 00:54:10,789 --> 00:54:13,082 Franklin ! 636 00:54:15,794 --> 00:54:18,630 Can you imagine Franklin. . . 637 00:54:19,632 --> 00:54:22,300 . . .on this train. . . 638 00:54:22,509 --> 00:54:27,221 . . .eating at the dining car with all the silver? 639 00:54:32,102 --> 00:54:34,228 We shouldn't be here, Doc. 640 00:55:31,370 --> 00:55:34,956 Ira! Hey, Ira. We heard the picture was posed. 641 00:55:35,165 --> 00:55:38,292 -What? -We heard you posed the picture! 642 00:55:38,419 --> 00:55:40,294 Hey, Doc. 643 00:55:47,845 --> 00:55:50,263 We're bigger than life, Doc. 644 00:56:17,916 --> 00:56:20,877 -Hey, good job. -Thank you. 645 00:56:29,344 --> 00:56:33,347 Thank you, girls. And now. . . 646 00:56:33,390 --> 00:56:36,601 . . . here are the men you've been waiting to meet. . . 647 00:56:36,810 --> 00:56:38,644 . . .the men in white. 648 00:56:38,896 --> 00:56:42,899 Right behind me, here, the heroes of Iwo Jima: 649 00:56:43,108 --> 00:56:46,360 Private First Class Rene Gagnon. . . 650 00:56:46,445 --> 00:56:48,738 . . . Private First Class Ira Hayes. . . 651 00:56:48,947 --> 00:56:53,367 . . .and Navy Corpsman John "Doc" Bradley! 652 00:57:04,671 --> 00:57:06,172 Thank you. 653 00:57:10,385 --> 00:57:13,930 It's good of you to come out tonight in support of the war effort. 654 00:57:14,139 --> 00:57:16,557 We really need you to buy bonds, that's for sure. 655 00:57:16,809 --> 00:57:19,352 Because we can't win the war without your help. 656 00:57:19,394 --> 00:57:23,397 As far as us being the heroes of Iwo Jima. . . 657 00:57:24,191 --> 00:57:26,359 . . .that's just not the case. 658 00:57:26,401 --> 00:57:28,319 We really didn't do much at all. 659 00:57:28,403 --> 00:57:30,321 Especially him. 660 00:57:30,864 --> 00:57:33,074 Especially me. 661 00:57:33,283 --> 00:57:36,202 I was just a runner. That's it. 662 00:57:36,995 --> 00:57:38,412 We put up a flag. 663 00:57:38,831 --> 00:57:42,416 The pole we attached it to was heavy, so it took a number of us. 664 00:57:42,751 --> 00:57:45,294 We had our picture taken doing it. 665 00:57:46,171 --> 00:57:50,299 The real heroes are dead on that island. 666 00:57:50,425 --> 00:57:54,428 We'd appreciate it if you bought bonds in honor of them. Thank you. 667 00:58:11,321 --> 00:58:13,906 Jump on any grenades, Ira? 668 00:58:14,116 --> 00:58:17,034 Take out any machine gun nests I missed? 669 00:58:17,619 --> 00:58:21,122 -At least I fired my weapon. -All right, knock it off. 670 00:58:21,331 --> 00:58:23,624 You hit anything or were you too drunk then too? 671 00:58:23,876 --> 00:58:27,253 Hey, hey, hey. Guys! Come on. 672 00:58:27,462 --> 00:58:30,381 Stop it. Knock it off. 673 00:59:08,295 --> 00:59:11,297 Sit between these two boys. 674 00:59:21,516 --> 00:59:24,477 --for us and they need our help. 675 00:59:24,519 --> 00:59:28,606 And if you think about it, I think you'll realize. . . 676 00:59:28,815 --> 00:59:33,611 . . .that buying more bonds is not just the right thing to do. . . 677 00:59:33,820 --> 00:59:35,696 . . . but the only thing to do. 678 00:59:37,491 --> 00:59:41,494 Yes, this war has gone on too long. 679 00:59:41,536 --> 00:59:45,581 We have given too many lives. And its cost-- 680 00:59:45,791 --> 00:59:47,792 -Chocolate or strawberry, sir? -Strawberry. 681 00:59:48,001 --> 00:59:52,129 --has been far too high. But if we waver now. . . 682 00:59:52,381 --> 00:59:57,343 . . . if we don't dig deep and give more than we think we can. . . 683 00:59:57,552 --> 01:00:00,471 . . .then those sacrifices would be wasted. . . 684 01:00:00,555 --> 01:00:05,017 -Chocolate or strawberry, sir? -. . .and those lives lost in vain. 685 01:01:43,200 --> 01:01:46,660 Move! Go, go! 686 01:01:55,921 --> 01:01:57,338 Corpsman ! 687 01:02:08,183 --> 01:02:11,143 Easy Six, this is Easy Two, over. Where the hell are our tanks? 688 01:02:11,353 --> 01:02:13,687 Stuck in the sand. Captain says go without them. 689 01:02:13,814 --> 01:02:15,481 Christ. 690 01:02:15,690 --> 01:02:17,775 Real good work you're doing there, Rene. 691 01:02:19,945 --> 01:02:22,029 Prepare to move out. Pass the word. 692 01:02:22,239 --> 01:02:24,281 -Prepare to move out! -Second Platoon ! 693 01:02:24,491 --> 01:02:27,076 -Move! Move! -All right, Second Platoon, on your feet! 694 01:02:27,327 --> 01:02:29,703 -Let's move out! -Jackass. 695 01:02:29,788 --> 01:02:32,415 -Let's move out! -Go, go, go! 696 01:02:32,624 --> 01:02:36,043 Move, go, go, move, move! 697 01:02:52,144 --> 01:02:53,310 Corpsman ! 698 01:03:02,904 --> 01:03:04,697 Doc! 699 01:03:05,740 --> 01:03:07,741 Doc, get out of there! 700 01:03:15,750 --> 01:03:18,210 Corpsman ! 701 01:03:18,420 --> 01:03:20,296 Doc! 702 01:03:28,221 --> 01:03:29,930 Doc, get the hell out of there! 703 01:03:37,397 --> 01:03:38,939 May I have your attention, please? 704 01:03:39,191 --> 01:03:43,777 Train number 48, with service from New York City... 705 01:03:43,778 --> 01:03:47,072 ...Boston, Rochester, New York... 706 01:03:47,282 --> 01:03:50,784 ...Toledo, Ohio, South Bend, lndiana... 707 01:03:50,827 --> 01:03:53,787 ...is now arriving on Track 7. 708 01:03:54,206 --> 01:03:57,124 Train number 48, now arriving on Track number 7. 709 01:03:57,334 --> 01:04:00,044 Okay, let's go. Let's go. 710 01:04:02,964 --> 01:04:04,798 -Come on, let's go. -Boys. 711 01:04:05,383 --> 01:04:07,968 -Watch your step, now. -Thank you very much. 712 01:04:08,803 --> 01:04:10,346 -Here you go. -Thank you. 713 01:04:10,597 --> 01:04:12,806 -Watch your step. -Let me help you, ma'am. 714 01:04:28,615 --> 01:04:32,785 Ladies and gentlemen, may I present the heroes of Iwo Jima. 715 01:04:34,955 --> 01:04:38,332 Navy Corpsman John "Doc" Bradley. 716 01:04:39,876 --> 01:04:43,420 -Private First Class Ira Hayes. -Excuse me, let me through, please. 717 01:04:43,880 --> 01:04:47,591 And Private First Class Rene Gagnon. 718 01:04:47,801 --> 01:04:50,844 Rene! That's my boyfriend ! 719 01:04:52,305 --> 01:04:55,182 -Who the hell is that? -I don't know. 720 01:04:55,392 --> 01:04:57,977 -Rene, is that your girl? -Hey, what do they call you? 721 01:04:58,853 --> 01:05:00,396 Hey, look at that! 722 01:05:02,566 --> 01:05:04,650 What's your name, doll? What's your name? 723 01:05:04,859 --> 01:05:06,860 Hey, she's a beauty. 724 01:05:13,201 --> 01:05:15,119 Let's go find a saloon. 725 01:05:25,589 --> 01:05:28,632 Smile, boys. Give them their money's worth. 726 01:05:29,884 --> 01:05:33,053 Hey, Doc, how's the tour going for you? 727 01:05:35,015 --> 01:05:36,640 Where exactly are you staying? 728 01:05:36,850 --> 01:05:38,892 -Oh, I'm not sure yet. -Just forget about that. 729 01:05:39,019 --> 01:05:42,938 -Who's the dreamboat? -Hey, Rene, a big smile. 730 01:05:45,900 --> 01:05:47,318 Come on, one more shot. 731 01:05:51,865 --> 01:05:54,241 Senator, I'd like you to meet Corpsman John Bradley. 732 01:05:54,451 --> 01:05:55,826 -Doc, right? -Yes, sir. 733 01:05:55,910 --> 01:05:58,912 Good to meet you. Now, we appreciate everything you've done. . . 734 01:05:58,913 --> 01:06:01,915 -. . .and everything you're doing. -Thank you, sir. 735 01:06:02,083 --> 01:06:04,251 This is Captain White. 736 01:06:04,461 --> 01:06:06,629 -Colonel Johns. -We're proud of you, corpsman. 737 01:06:06,838 --> 01:06:08,088 And then Colonel McCourtney. 738 01:06:08,340 --> 01:06:10,633 -Major General Green. -Nice to meet you. 739 01:06:13,928 --> 01:06:16,096 Senator, this is Private First Class Ira Hayes. 740 01:06:16,348 --> 01:06:17,681 Of course. 741 01:06:17,891 --> 01:06:20,976 Now, I hear you used a tomahawk on those Japs, is that true, chief? 742 01:06:21,186 --> 01:06:22,936 No, sir. 743 01:06:23,021 --> 01:06:26,398 Well, tell them you did. Makes a better story, huh? 744 01:06:27,734 --> 01:06:29,902 -Attaboy. -This is Captain Green. 745 01:06:31,655 --> 01:06:33,030 John? 746 01:06:33,239 --> 01:06:36,116 Madeline Evelley. I recognize you from all the photographs. 747 01:06:36,368 --> 01:06:38,035 I'm Hank's mom. 748 01:06:38,662 --> 01:06:42,247 It's so nice to meet you, ma'am. Hank was always talking about you. 749 01:06:42,457 --> 01:06:45,959 -This is PFC Rene Gagnon. -Pleasure to meet you, son. 750 01:06:46,127 --> 01:06:47,961 -Thank you, sir. -Thanks for everything. 751 01:06:48,129 --> 01:06:49,838 -My pleasure. -Not at all. 752 01:06:49,964 --> 01:06:54,259 Ira, I'd like you to meet Mrs. Strank, Mike's mom. 753 01:07:08,316 --> 01:07:10,150 It's all right. 754 01:07:10,735 --> 01:07:13,570 When I got the telegram, I. . . . 755 01:07:14,572 --> 01:07:17,157 I don't know what I'm trying to say here. 756 01:07:18,993 --> 01:07:24,039 Knowing he was with you that day and seeing him in that photograph. . . 757 01:07:24,249 --> 01:07:27,418 . . . I don't know why it makes me feel better, but it does. 758 01:07:28,002 --> 01:07:30,963 -It's so silly, isn't it? -No, it's not. 759 01:07:31,673 --> 01:07:34,007 How are you, son? Thank you very much. 760 01:07:35,301 --> 01:07:38,262 We're the largest furniture wholesaler in Illinois. 761 01:07:38,471 --> 01:07:42,099 -Thank you. Excuse me. -I'll make sure he calls. 762 01:07:42,308 --> 01:07:45,018 -Well, thank you. Thank you. -Thank you. 763 01:07:45,186 --> 01:07:46,770 Are you Rene? 764 01:07:47,522 --> 01:07:49,606 Yes, ma'am. 765 01:07:53,445 --> 01:07:55,821 I'm Franklin's mother. 766 01:07:59,075 --> 01:08:01,076 It's an honor to meet you, ma'am. 767 01:08:03,288 --> 01:08:06,498 I'm Pauline, Rene's girlfriend. 768 01:08:07,834 --> 01:08:09,501 Would you mind? 769 01:08:17,385 --> 01:08:20,053 Paper said that's Hank. . . 770 01:08:20,180 --> 01:08:22,181 . . .and I honestly can't tell. 771 01:08:23,057 --> 01:08:26,810 It's horrible of a mother not to know her own son, isn't it? 772 01:08:27,020 --> 01:08:28,812 But that's him, isn't it? 773 01:08:30,857 --> 01:08:33,442 Well, to be honest, ma'am, it happened so quick. . . 774 01:08:33,651 --> 01:08:37,863 . . .and with everything that was going on it's hard to remember who was where. 775 01:08:39,783 --> 01:08:41,074 But. . . 776 01:08:43,203 --> 01:08:45,454 . . .yeah, I think that's where he was. 777 01:08:45,663 --> 01:08:47,206 That's Hank. 778 01:08:47,415 --> 01:08:49,082 Thank you. 779 01:08:49,250 --> 01:08:51,251 Excuse me. 780 01:08:53,087 --> 01:08:55,088 I'm so sorry for your loss. 781 01:08:59,093 --> 01:09:00,761 Excuse us. 782 01:09:15,693 --> 01:09:18,111 Take him outside. 783 01:09:19,531 --> 01:09:22,699 I'm Pauline. Nice to meet you. 784 01:09:25,411 --> 01:09:28,539 He was the best Marine I ever knew. 785 01:09:29,123 --> 01:09:31,124 Thank you. 786 01:09:41,219 --> 01:09:43,554 -You okay, chief? -Christ. 787 01:09:43,930 --> 01:09:46,223 -I'm okay. -Yeah, you look it. 788 01:09:46,432 --> 01:09:48,308 You're gonna screw this up, aren't you? 789 01:09:48,560 --> 01:09:51,144 You're gonna screw it up for all of us. 790 01:09:52,313 --> 01:09:53,605 I've got him. 791 01:09:53,815 --> 01:09:55,941 Get some sleep, Ira. 792 01:11:22,195 --> 01:11:23,236 -Mike? -Yeah? 793 01:11:24,030 --> 01:11:25,405 -Do you see this? -What? 794 01:11:25,657 --> 01:11:27,532 -Mike? -Oh, shit, go! 795 01:11:34,123 --> 01:11:35,666 He's killing me! 796 01:12:15,790 --> 01:12:17,457 Hey, Doc, you think they got them all? 797 01:12:18,001 --> 01:12:21,294 -What? -Well, they're not shooting at us. 798 01:12:21,295 --> 01:12:23,880 Maybe we killed them all or they ran off in the night. 799 01:12:24,090 --> 01:12:26,091 Or they're waiting for us to start climbing. 800 01:12:26,300 --> 01:12:28,885 Third Platoon ! Grab your gear, we're going up the hill. 801 01:12:29,095 --> 01:12:30,887 -Just us? -Yeah, just us, Igg. 802 01:12:31,097 --> 01:12:33,640 All right, Third Platoon, move! 803 01:12:33,850 --> 01:12:35,308 I tag along? 804 01:12:35,476 --> 01:12:38,645 You can lead the way, if you want. Get a good shot of my face. 805 01:12:38,855 --> 01:12:41,064 It's your ass I'm gonna make famous, Hank. 806 01:12:41,274 --> 01:12:43,442 Hey, that'll work for me too. 807 01:12:45,903 --> 01:12:50,574 Lieutenant, if you make it to the top, put this up. 808 01:12:50,783 --> 01:12:52,367 Yes, sir. 809 01:12:58,499 --> 01:13:01,251 Don't worry, Iggy. They never shoot at the first patrol. 810 01:13:01,335 --> 01:13:03,336 -They don't? -No. 811 01:13:03,337 --> 01:13:05,672 They want us to go up, signal that it's okay. . . 812 01:13:05,882 --> 01:13:08,508 . . .then shoot everybody else as they come up the mountain. 813 01:13:08,760 --> 01:13:10,343 -Really? -Yeah. 814 01:13:10,511 --> 01:13:14,347 Unless, of course, they want to make an example of us and discourage the others. 815 01:13:14,515 --> 01:13:16,892 I think you're full of crap, you know that, Hank? 816 01:13:17,101 --> 01:13:18,351 Really? 817 01:13:19,103 --> 01:13:21,229 Jesus. 818 01:13:22,273 --> 01:13:24,524 Thank God that ain't us. 819 01:13:36,496 --> 01:13:38,371 Told you. 820 01:13:40,124 --> 01:13:42,501 Boots, spread them out and put them on a line. 821 01:13:42,710 --> 01:13:45,962 Set up a perimeter! First Squad ! 822 01:13:51,177 --> 01:13:53,386 -Hank? Find me a pole. -Yeah. 823 01:13:54,430 --> 01:13:55,472 Right here. 824 01:13:56,808 --> 01:13:59,267 Let's put this flag up. 825 01:14:05,316 --> 01:14:06,483 Watch it. 826 01:14:07,443 --> 01:14:09,277 Right over here. 827 01:14:14,283 --> 01:14:16,660 Here, here. That's good. Right here, right here. 828 01:14:16,869 --> 01:14:19,579 Got that end? Hold that steady. 829 01:14:20,289 --> 01:14:21,957 Lindberg. 830 01:14:23,960 --> 01:14:26,586 -Hey, who's got rope? -Right here. 831 01:14:30,174 --> 01:14:33,009 -Give me something-- Yeah, good. -That work? 832 01:14:38,099 --> 01:14:39,975 Do it, fellas. 833 01:14:41,435 --> 01:14:43,603 Keep it coming. 834 01:14:49,443 --> 01:14:52,779 USMC! USMC! 835 01:14:53,865 --> 01:14:55,031 -Shit, look! -Look at that! 836 01:14:58,035 --> 01:15:00,120 Yeah ! 837 01:15:09,213 --> 01:15:13,967 Yeah ! Yeah ! 838 01:15:29,483 --> 01:15:31,610 Jeez, look at that. 839 01:15:39,035 --> 01:15:41,077 Get down ! Take cover! 840 01:15:41,996 --> 01:15:43,246 Cover with that .30! 841 01:15:43,456 --> 01:15:47,250 -Watch it! Twenty yards down, Hank! -You see them? 842 01:15:47,460 --> 01:15:51,504 -I got about 20 yards, left side. -Lindberg, get the flamethrower! 843 01:15:52,298 --> 01:15:55,508 Boots, you see them? Cover right! 844 01:15:55,509 --> 01:15:58,094 -About 20 yards down ! Duck one! -You see them? 845 01:15:58,304 --> 01:15:59,638 Keep the cover on ! 846 01:16:00,514 --> 01:16:04,309 Second Squad, you see them? Get me some grenades! 847 01:16:05,228 --> 01:16:07,020 I see them ! 848 01:16:17,782 --> 01:16:20,825 -You see them? -Right flank, over to the right! 849 01:16:24,538 --> 01:16:26,539 Cover me, I'm going down ! 850 01:16:26,540 --> 01:16:29,125 Careful, Iggy. Easy. 851 01:16:30,294 --> 01:16:32,462 All clear! 852 01:16:40,471 --> 01:16:44,683 Okay, guys, who wants to be famous? 853 01:16:46,102 --> 01:16:47,686 Yes, sir. Right away, sir. 854 01:16:47,895 --> 01:16:50,563 -Goddamn it. Strank! -Sir? 855 01:16:50,564 --> 01:16:53,316 They want a phone line run up to the top of the mountain. 856 01:16:53,526 --> 01:16:55,026 Let me guess, they picked us. 857 01:16:55,236 --> 01:16:59,114 Second Platoon, let's go. Get some exercise. 858 01:17:03,703 --> 01:17:07,247 Let's go. Get off your ass. 859 01:17:10,584 --> 01:17:12,544 Oh, shit! 860 01:17:12,586 --> 01:17:16,256 Hope it still works, because you're not getting mine. 861 01:17:16,465 --> 01:17:19,009 -Get Forrestal ! -All right. 862 01:17:22,513 --> 01:17:24,764 I don't know whose idea it was, Mr. Secretary. 863 01:17:25,016 --> 01:17:27,642 Well, it was goddamned brilliant. 864 01:17:27,852 --> 01:17:29,769 I want that flag, Holland. Mark my words. . . 865 01:17:30,021 --> 01:17:35,525 . . . raising that son of a bitch means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years. 866 01:17:35,609 --> 01:17:37,861 I want that flag. 867 01:17:38,404 --> 01:17:43,408 Yes, sir. I'll make sure no one touches it. You can count on me. 868 01:17:44,285 --> 01:17:47,579 Fuck that. That flag belongs to the men in this battalion. 869 01:17:47,621 --> 01:17:50,540 That son of a bitch thinks our men died taking this ground. . . 870 01:17:50,624 --> 01:17:53,626 . . .so we could hand our flag to some politician to pin to his wall? 871 01:17:53,794 --> 01:17:56,129 He's out of his goddamn mind ! 872 01:17:56,714 --> 01:17:59,299 Get me that flag and find another one to replace it. 873 01:17:59,508 --> 01:18:02,677 You've gotta be shitting me. Gagnon ! 874 01:18:04,430 --> 01:18:06,931 Get your ass over here. 875 01:18:11,645 --> 01:18:12,645 -Hey. -Hey. 876 01:18:12,730 --> 01:18:15,231 -Hey, fellas. -How you doing? 877 01:18:17,818 --> 01:18:19,527 Missed a beautiful shot, Joe. 878 01:18:21,072 --> 01:18:23,448 It's that kind of day. 879 01:18:44,470 --> 01:18:46,679 -Hey, Mike. -Hell of a view, lieutenant. 880 01:18:47,973 --> 01:18:49,682 Lieutenant! 881 01:18:55,439 --> 01:18:57,816 Captain says he wants that flag. 882 01:18:58,692 --> 01:19:01,611 -He wants this flag? -Yes, sir. 883 01:19:02,696 --> 01:19:05,698 -We just put the damn thing up. -Yes, sir. 884 01:19:05,866 --> 01:19:07,367 Some kind of flag shortage? 885 01:19:07,993 --> 01:19:09,828 He wants you to put this one up instead. 886 01:19:17,002 --> 01:19:18,711 Hey, Mike. 887 01:19:20,047 --> 01:19:23,675 -Do me a favor. Put this up, will you? -Yes, sir. 888 01:19:23,717 --> 01:19:25,844 All right, let's find a pole. 889 01:19:27,888 --> 01:19:32,725 Take the flag down, boys. Captain's orders. 890 01:19:34,311 --> 01:19:35,728 You heard him, let's do it. 891 01:19:38,816 --> 01:19:41,818 -There you go. -Lordy, she's a heavy one. 892 01:19:46,657 --> 01:19:49,742 All right, hang on. Put this on. 893 01:19:55,166 --> 01:19:56,207 One hell of a view. 894 01:19:56,417 --> 01:19:59,461 Good view from up here. Yes, I'd say so myself. 895 01:20:08,637 --> 01:20:09,888 All right. 896 01:20:13,726 --> 01:20:16,352 -Not in your way here, am I, Joe? -No, I'm fine, thanks. 897 01:20:16,770 --> 01:20:19,272 Hey, Doc, you wanna give us a hand here? 898 01:20:23,277 --> 01:20:25,778 Oh, Jesus, Bill, here she goes. 899 01:20:25,905 --> 01:20:26,946 Ready? Ready? 900 01:20:27,364 --> 01:20:28,490 Let's go. 901 01:20:31,785 --> 01:20:33,578 Did you get it? 902 01:20:36,749 --> 01:20:40,585 I don't know. I wish I could've seen their faces. 903 01:20:41,962 --> 01:20:45,465 Nobody even noticed that second flag going up. 904 01:20:47,760 --> 01:20:51,930 Everybody saw that damn picture and made up their own story about it. 905 01:20:52,139 --> 01:20:57,602 But your dad and the others knew what they had done and what they had not. 906 01:20:59,230 --> 01:21:01,689 All your friends dying. . . 907 01:21:01,815 --> 01:21:05,818 . . . it's hard enough to be called a hero for saving somebody's life. 908 01:21:06,779 --> 01:21:09,113 But for putting up a pole? 909 01:21:13,786 --> 01:21:14,911 You gotta be kidding. 910 01:21:15,829 --> 01:21:20,208 Hey! It took a lot of talented folks a long time to make that thing. 911 01:21:20,417 --> 01:21:24,337 Wait till tonight, when it's lit properly, there's thousands of cheering people. 912 01:21:24,547 --> 01:21:25,838 It's gonna look a lot better. 913 01:21:25,965 --> 01:21:29,217 So stadium lights come down, spotlight comes up, you get your cue. 914 01:21:29,426 --> 01:21:31,970 Charge up this thing with the flag, plant it at the top. 915 01:21:32,179 --> 01:21:34,597 You smile, you wave. You know the drill. 916 01:21:34,807 --> 01:21:37,850 You want us to plant the flag on a pile of papier-mâché. 917 01:21:37,977 --> 01:21:40,853 Hey, that's show biz. 918 01:21:40,854 --> 01:21:43,856 And try and stand how you stood the first time you planted it. 919 01:21:43,857 --> 01:21:46,401 You know, pretend the other three guys are with you. 920 01:21:46,610 --> 01:21:47,860 The dead guys. 921 01:21:49,363 --> 01:21:51,281 Yeah, yeah. 922 01:21:52,908 --> 01:21:56,160 -Okay, not a problem. -Good. 923 01:21:56,870 --> 01:21:58,871 But where do we imagine Hank is standing? 924 01:21:59,873 --> 01:22:00,873 Sorry? 925 01:22:01,292 --> 01:22:05,420 Seeing that he wasn't there, it'll be kind of hard for us to leave a space for him. 926 01:22:06,046 --> 01:22:10,425 I think you know exactly where he was. You pointed him out to his mother. 927 01:22:13,178 --> 01:22:14,887 This is bullshit. 928 01:22:16,390 --> 01:22:19,684 I planted that damn thing once and I'm not doing it again. 929 01:22:22,187 --> 01:22:23,938 -Hayes. -For chrissake. 930 01:22:24,148 --> 01:22:28,067 Hayes. Hayes, get your ass back here or you're going on report. 931 01:22:28,319 --> 01:22:30,069 Hayes! 932 01:22:30,904 --> 01:22:33,489 You wanna do your damn job? 933 01:22:37,911 --> 01:22:40,913 Let go of me! Let go of me! 934 01:22:41,040 --> 01:22:45,043 Come on ! Come on ! 935 01:22:46,086 --> 01:22:50,089 He's with me! Hey, he's with me! 936 01:22:51,008 --> 01:22:53,718 -Back off! -Sir, he's with me, okay? He's with me. 937 01:22:53,927 --> 01:22:55,386 Ira, put the goddamn chair down ! 938 01:22:55,596 --> 01:22:58,306 -Put the chair down, son ! -Put the chair down, Ira! 939 01:22:58,515 --> 01:23:01,517 Tell them drop their sticks! 940 01:23:01,769 --> 01:23:03,936 They're cops. They're supposed to have nightsticks. 941 01:23:04,104 --> 01:23:06,314 You're not supposed to be swinging a chair. 942 01:23:06,523 --> 01:23:08,650 -Calm down, son. -Sir, turn around, please. 943 01:23:08,901 --> 01:23:11,319 That poster right there? The one on the end, that's him. 944 01:23:11,528 --> 01:23:13,821 -That's him? -Yes, sir. Do you read the papers? 945 01:23:13,947 --> 01:23:15,114 Oh, Christ. 946 01:23:15,949 --> 01:23:18,242 We got another fucking hero. Get him out of here. 947 01:23:18,452 --> 01:23:20,119 -Can you do that? -Yes, sir. 948 01:23:21,246 --> 01:23:25,458 Put the goddamn chair down. And let's go. 949 01:23:32,966 --> 01:23:34,759 Did you start this? 950 01:23:35,260 --> 01:23:36,969 He didn't serve me! 951 01:23:37,513 --> 01:23:39,889 I don't make the rules. We don't serve Indians. 952 01:23:46,313 --> 01:23:48,272 He needs to go sleep it off. 953 01:23:58,492 --> 01:24:00,493 Soldier Field. 954 01:24:04,998 --> 01:24:06,582 You hear that? 955 01:24:06,792 --> 01:24:08,376 What the hell is that? 956 01:24:08,585 --> 01:24:10,753 I can't figure it out. 957 01:24:10,963 --> 01:24:12,296 Keep an eye out. 958 01:24:12,506 --> 01:24:15,299 Hey, it sounds like it's coming from up there. 959 01:25:24,203 --> 01:25:26,496 They're using grenades. 960 01:25:27,664 --> 01:25:29,040 They're killing themselves. 961 01:25:37,800 --> 01:25:42,094 Ira, let's go. Come on. 962 01:25:45,516 --> 01:25:48,267 Let's go, Ira. Come on. 963 01:26:09,289 --> 01:26:13,125 Thank God. Jesus. Look at you, chief. 964 01:26:15,546 --> 01:26:17,255 You found him. 965 01:26:17,714 --> 01:26:20,424 Holy shit. You would have to pick today. 966 01:26:20,634 --> 01:26:23,386 Vandegrift is here with enough brass to start a fucking band. 967 01:26:23,595 --> 01:26:26,639 -Come on, let's go. Can you walk? -Yes, sir. 968 01:26:26,849 --> 01:26:30,017 By yourself? All right, look. I don't care if you have to carry him. 969 01:26:30,143 --> 01:26:33,729 Get him to the top, plant that flag, and don't fucking fall off. 970 01:26:33,939 --> 01:26:38,818 Get him in his stuff. I'll stall these guys for as long as I can. Hurry up. 971 01:26:39,278 --> 01:26:40,319 Jesus Christ. 972 01:26:40,571 --> 01:26:46,158 And now the heroes of lwo Jima! 973 01:26:49,830 --> 01:26:50,955 Cover! 974 01:26:54,877 --> 01:26:56,168 Harlon ! 975 01:26:59,506 --> 01:27:02,508 Harlon ! Get your fire team up in that position ! 976 01:27:02,718 --> 01:27:04,552 O'Hare! 977 01:27:04,761 --> 01:27:05,928 First Fire Team ! 978 01:27:07,681 --> 01:27:09,098 Work around ! 979 01:27:09,182 --> 01:27:11,559 B.A. R. , you, other side of the ridge! 980 01:27:16,356 --> 01:27:18,190 Covering fire, boys. Go, go, go! 981 01:27:18,358 --> 01:27:21,193 Jackson, work your team around to the left! 982 01:27:21,278 --> 01:27:23,154 Cover! 983 01:27:32,205 --> 01:27:33,497 Left flank! Left flank! 984 01:27:38,503 --> 01:27:42,006 Franklin, Gus, go check it out! 985 01:27:44,676 --> 01:27:46,802 Hustle up, boys! 986 01:27:51,683 --> 01:27:55,227 -We got them ! -Clear! 987 01:28:11,036 --> 01:28:13,412 One hell of an experience. 988 01:28:20,253 --> 01:28:22,046 Move out! 989 01:28:27,844 --> 01:28:32,348 Cease fire! They're my men ! You're targeting our men ! 990 01:28:36,061 --> 01:28:38,187 You're targeting our-- 991 01:28:39,147 --> 01:28:41,691 Get me another radio! 992 01:28:45,445 --> 01:28:47,655 Sergeant? Sergeant! 993 01:28:47,864 --> 01:28:52,284 Mike! Mike, Mike, Mike! 994 01:28:53,870 --> 01:28:56,789 Mike? Mike! 995 01:29:01,795 --> 01:29:03,379 Here. 996 01:29:03,588 --> 01:29:05,589 Hey, where's Doc? 997 01:29:06,299 --> 01:29:08,843 Corpsman ! 998 01:29:10,303 --> 01:29:12,263 Oh, shit. 999 01:29:14,307 --> 01:29:16,767 How's his breathing? Harlon, move, buddy. 1000 01:29:17,477 --> 01:29:20,312 Hey, Mike. Mike, Mike, can you hear us? 1001 01:29:21,481 --> 01:29:25,109 It's okay. It's okay. 1002 01:29:26,737 --> 01:29:28,738 Come on, Mike. 1003 01:29:29,656 --> 01:29:32,324 Mike? Mike, can you hear us? 1004 01:29:41,376 --> 01:29:42,668 Oh, Jesus. 1005 01:29:44,254 --> 01:29:45,504 All right, let's go! 1006 01:29:46,339 --> 01:29:48,049 Move out! 1007 01:29:48,341 --> 01:29:49,925 We need a hand over here. 1008 01:29:50,135 --> 01:29:51,343 I'm gonna get a stretcher. 1009 01:29:51,511 --> 01:29:53,929 Let's take him down, move him off the beach. 1010 01:30:06,401 --> 01:30:11,155 Ladies and gentlemen, the heroes of lwo Jima! 1011 01:30:12,324 --> 01:30:14,366 Corpsman! 1012 01:30:21,041 --> 01:30:25,169 Hank! Hank! 1013 01:30:43,396 --> 01:30:47,399 Doc, they killed me. 1014 01:30:54,449 --> 01:30:56,408 Harlon ! 1015 01:30:58,411 --> 01:30:59,912 Doc. . . 1016 01:31:01,581 --> 01:31:03,666 . . .they killed me. 1017 01:31:04,584 --> 01:31:07,586 Come on, Harlon. Harlon, stay with me. 1018 01:31:19,224 --> 01:31:20,432 Franklin ! 1019 01:31:24,855 --> 01:31:27,898 -Franklin. -I'm fine, Ira. 1020 01:32:14,487 --> 01:32:16,906 Corpsman! 1021 01:32:19,576 --> 01:32:21,493 -Where'd he go? -Who? 1022 01:32:21,494 --> 01:32:24,205 The guy who was right here, Ignatowski. Where did he go? 1023 01:32:24,414 --> 01:32:26,624 -I think you jumped in the wrong hole. -I didn't. 1024 01:32:26,917 --> 01:32:29,418 He was right here. Now, where the hell is he? 1025 01:32:30,212 --> 01:32:33,464 Iggy! Iggy! 1026 01:32:33,506 --> 01:32:36,508 Shut up. You want every Jap on the island shooting at us? 1027 01:32:36,509 --> 01:32:38,427 Iggy! 1028 01:32:52,234 --> 01:32:53,525 Does it open? 1029 01:32:55,320 --> 01:32:56,946 Iggy! 1030 01:32:57,822 --> 01:32:59,531 Iggy! 1031 01:33:01,076 --> 01:33:03,327 Iggy, are you down there? 1032 01:33:04,537 --> 01:33:06,538 Iggy! 1033 01:33:07,290 --> 01:33:10,709 Can't tell who it is, but he's one of ours. 1034 01:33:10,961 --> 01:33:13,504 I had to go outside to throw up. 1035 01:33:14,965 --> 01:33:17,549 Look what they did to the poor son of a bitch. 1036 01:34:31,916 --> 01:34:33,042 You okay, chief? 1037 01:34:33,877 --> 01:34:35,627 Just let it go. 1038 01:34:35,754 --> 01:34:39,298 If that doesn't pry open their wallets, nothing will. 1039 01:34:47,432 --> 01:34:50,642 Jesus Christ, he's drunk. 1040 01:34:53,938 --> 01:34:56,648 Goddamn Indians. 1041 01:35:06,743 --> 01:35:09,453 Come on, chief. Let's get you home. 1042 01:35:18,671 --> 01:35:22,257 That's not what I hear. I called around, I'm not stupid. 1043 01:35:22,467 --> 01:35:26,261 He's been drunk since he started this damn tour, making a spectacle of himself. 1044 01:35:26,471 --> 01:35:29,431 Just about choked that poor woman at the reception, blubbering. 1045 01:35:29,641 --> 01:35:32,059 Jesus Christ, you're supposed to be watching these men. 1046 01:35:32,268 --> 01:35:35,687 -Yes, sir. -He's making us look like regular asses. 1047 01:35:35,855 --> 01:35:38,774 With all due respect, he never wanted to come on this trip. 1048 01:35:38,983 --> 01:35:43,028 Had to pull him, kicking, screaming, off that boat. He wants to be with his unit. 1049 01:35:43,655 --> 01:35:46,240 What unit? They're all fucking dead. 1050 01:35:46,825 --> 01:35:50,077 This is how he honors those men, by drinking and throwing up and. . .? 1051 01:35:50,286 --> 01:35:53,205 You know what? He wants it? Great, we'll send him back. 1052 01:35:53,415 --> 01:35:57,251 Get him packed and on a train today. He's an embarrassment to the uniform. 1053 01:35:58,711 --> 01:36:00,212 Yes, sir. 1054 01:36:07,137 --> 01:36:08,720 I'll do it. 1055 01:36:27,866 --> 01:36:32,161 Yeah, no, that's, that's good. That's what I want. 1056 01:36:33,913 --> 01:36:35,747 I know it's a good thing. . . 1057 01:36:36,416 --> 01:36:40,544 . . . raising the money and that, because we need it. 1058 01:36:42,213 --> 01:36:47,176 But I can't take them calling me a hero. 1059 01:36:48,761 --> 01:36:52,347 All I did was try not to get shot. 1060 01:36:57,061 --> 01:37:02,316 Some of the things I saw done, things I did. . . 1061 01:37:03,776 --> 01:37:06,945 . . .they weren't things to be proud of, you know? 1062 01:37:16,956 --> 01:37:18,749 Mike. 1063 01:37:22,712 --> 01:37:25,756 Mike was a hero. 1064 01:37:27,842 --> 01:37:29,801 You ever meet him? 1065 01:37:31,804 --> 01:37:32,971 No. 1066 01:37:38,978 --> 01:37:41,813 Best Marine I ever met. 1067 01:37:45,818 --> 01:37:50,948 You know, chief, I think if Mike was sitting here instead of you. . . 1068 01:37:51,157 --> 01:37:53,408 . . . he'd be saying the same thing about himself. . . 1069 01:37:55,828 --> 01:37:57,704 . . . not being a hero. 1070 01:38:04,879 --> 01:38:06,547 Maybe. 1071 01:38:07,840 --> 01:38:11,760 He was a good guy. 1072 01:38:11,844 --> 01:38:16,139 But I think that he would be ashamed of me. . . 1073 01:38:16,349 --> 01:38:18,809 . . .seeing me the way I am. 1074 01:38:37,870 --> 01:38:42,874 Think I could see my ma before they ship me off? 1075 01:38:42,917 --> 01:38:46,253 Think they'd do that? See my ma? 1076 01:38:50,883 --> 01:38:52,217 I'm sorry, Ira. 1077 01:39:04,230 --> 01:39:07,566 We got stories now to tell our kids, I guess. 1078 01:39:07,775 --> 01:39:09,776 Keep your head down. 1079 01:39:19,037 --> 01:39:20,078 All aboard. 1080 01:39:20,330 --> 01:39:22,497 Good luck, chief. 1081 01:39:54,030 --> 01:39:56,448 Think I saw him once after that. 1082 01:39:56,658 --> 01:39:59,618 It was maybe six or seven years after the war. 1083 01:39:59,827 --> 01:40:02,704 I was working as a salesman, doing a lot of driving. 1084 01:40:02,914 --> 01:40:04,456 I was driving west across Texas. 1085 01:40:04,666 --> 01:40:07,250 I was trying to get where I was going so I could get home. 1086 01:40:07,960 --> 01:40:10,629 And I saw this guy hitchhiking on the side of the road. 1087 01:40:10,838 --> 01:40:14,091 And for a second, l thought it might've been him. 1088 01:40:18,721 --> 01:40:21,973 l'll always regret that I didn't stop, but I was in a hurry. 1089 01:40:22,975 --> 01:40:24,976 And he was an Indian. 1090 01:40:25,144 --> 01:40:29,981 We always told the press Ira insisted that he was going back to fight with his unit. . . 1091 01:40:30,024 --> 01:40:32,776 . . .which was at least partially true. . . 1092 01:40:32,985 --> 01:40:37,989 . . . but that isn't what got the headlines. 1093 01:40:38,908 --> 01:40:40,992 We're engaged. 1094 01:40:44,956 --> 01:40:46,540 Excuse me a minute, darling. 1095 01:40:46,749 --> 01:40:48,875 -Hey, Doc? -Yeah? 1096 01:40:49,001 --> 01:40:50,335 Got a minute? 1097 01:40:50,545 --> 01:40:53,004 -Yeah. -I'll see you at the car. 1098 01:40:54,340 --> 01:40:58,009 -You hear I'm getting married? -I did, Rene. That's great. 1099 01:40:59,470 --> 01:41:04,182 Yeah, it's something she wants. She waited for me all this time. 1100 01:41:04,434 --> 01:41:07,394 She's not used to all this, but she's a good girl. 1101 01:41:07,645 --> 01:41:09,980 I'm sure you'll be very happy. 1102 01:41:10,022 --> 01:41:12,816 So I was wondering if you'd be my best man. 1103 01:41:13,025 --> 01:41:14,818 Me? 1104 01:41:16,028 --> 01:41:21,032 Don't you have somebody at home, a buddy you'd rather ask? 1105 01:41:21,200 --> 01:41:23,368 Well, I didn't really make many. 1106 01:41:23,578 --> 01:41:27,164 The ones who didn't go, it's, well, it's hard to even talk to them. 1107 01:41:28,040 --> 01:41:31,042 -You know. -Yeah, I know. 1108 01:41:33,921 --> 01:41:35,839 I'd be proud to. 1109 01:41:36,340 --> 01:41:38,049 Thank you. 1110 01:41:39,010 --> 01:41:41,052 I better go drag her away from them. . . 1111 01:41:41,053 --> 01:41:45,015 . . . before she announces I'm gonna be president of General Motors or something. 1112 01:41:46,058 --> 01:41:47,559 All right. 1113 01:41:47,769 --> 01:41:50,604 -Congratulations, honey. -Thank you so much. Thank you. 1114 01:41:50,813 --> 01:41:52,314 Rene, you're a lucky man. 1115 01:41:55,067 --> 01:41:56,651 -Here they are now. -Here they come. 1116 01:41:56,861 --> 01:41:58,779 Grab a shot of them on the steps. 1117 01:42:02,241 --> 01:42:05,827 -Big smile, Mrs. Gagnon ! -Say cheese. 1118 01:42:06,037 --> 01:42:08,663 l couldn't complain, because the press loved them... 1119 01:42:08,873 --> 01:42:12,542 ...so they wrote more articles and people bought more bonds. 1120 01:42:15,087 --> 01:42:19,591 The tour went on with just Rene and your dad. 1121 01:42:23,513 --> 01:42:25,096 And the true heroes are the men. . . 1122 01:42:25,264 --> 01:42:27,641 . . .who didn't make it home from Iwo Jima. . . 1123 01:42:27,850 --> 01:42:31,978 . . .the men who died at Iwo Jima and in other campaigns. 1124 01:42:32,104 --> 01:42:34,898 We ask that you honor the memory of those men. . . 1125 01:42:35,107 --> 01:42:38,485 . . . by buying the war bonds and helping us to win this war. 1126 01:42:38,694 --> 01:42:40,111 Thank you. 1127 01:42:44,116 --> 01:42:48,078 City after city, I thought the damn thing would never end. 1128 01:42:48,412 --> 01:42:53,250 And this rumor kept going around that the photograph had been staged. 1129 01:42:54,919 --> 01:42:58,171 Your dad said he wished he'd known he was having his picture taken... 1130 01:42:58,381 --> 01:43:00,674 . . .because he would've ducked the hell out of it. 1131 01:43:00,883 --> 01:43:05,011 Was this your idea? Whose idea was it? Who wanted to stage the thing? 1132 01:43:05,137 --> 01:43:08,139 Was there truth to the rumor that that picture was staged, Doc? 1133 01:43:08,307 --> 01:43:11,184 -Come on ! Doc? -Can you answer that? 1134 01:43:12,937 --> 01:43:17,148 I remember when your dad got shot. All hell was busting loose. 1135 01:43:17,316 --> 01:43:20,735 People back home saw that picture. . . 1136 01:43:20,945 --> 01:43:24,155 . . .and thought it was over when we took Suribachi. 1137 01:43:24,949 --> 01:43:26,658 We wished. 1138 01:43:27,159 --> 01:43:33,331 Anyways, we're pinned down. Mortars, shells, machine guns. 1139 01:43:33,583 --> 01:43:36,334 Fire coming from every which direction, right? 1140 01:43:37,253 --> 01:43:41,631 And we hear somebody call, "Corpsman down." 1141 01:43:42,675 --> 01:43:45,176 Corpsman down ! 1142 01:43:51,225 --> 01:43:55,186 Blood was spurting out of his throat and Doc was doing everything he could. 1143 01:43:57,189 --> 01:44:00,775 And the corpsman looks up at him... 1144 01:44:00,985 --> 01:44:04,195 ...and he knows what this means, shot in the neck. 1145 01:44:05,197 --> 01:44:08,199 He knows he's dying, you can see that. 1146 01:44:08,367 --> 01:44:12,203 But still, in his eyes... 1147 01:44:12,204 --> 01:44:15,373 ...he's pleading with Doc to save his life. 1148 01:44:21,756 --> 01:44:24,090 And Doc can't. 1149 01:45:01,253 --> 01:45:04,631 -You okay, Doc? -Yeah, I'm fine. 1150 01:45:04,840 --> 01:45:08,343 -Yeah, you look fine. -I'm okay. 1151 01:45:08,552 --> 01:45:11,596 Keep down, all right? I'm gonna go get a stretcher. 1152 01:45:11,806 --> 01:45:13,306 Okay. 1153 01:45:20,147 --> 01:45:21,314 Corpsman. 1154 01:45:21,524 --> 01:45:23,274 Corpsman ! 1155 01:45:24,527 --> 01:45:26,403 For God's sake, corpsman. 1156 01:45:45,297 --> 01:45:47,090 Corpsman? 1157 01:45:49,176 --> 01:45:50,593 Corpsman. 1158 01:45:52,263 --> 01:45:54,889 Incoming ! 1159 01:45:57,893 --> 01:45:59,561 Let me see. 1160 01:46:02,398 --> 01:46:05,316 It's not that bad, you're gonna be okay. All right? 1161 01:46:05,317 --> 01:46:07,360 Just stay with me. Look at me. 1162 01:46:08,112 --> 01:46:11,865 Took us a half-hour to find your dad. He could've bled to death. 1163 01:46:12,074 --> 01:46:13,742 Coming down. 1164 01:46:17,204 --> 01:46:19,330 We got a chest wound. Put pressure on it. 1165 01:46:20,332 --> 01:46:22,000 Thanks. 1166 01:46:26,047 --> 01:46:30,467 Vets will tell you about being hit but not wanting to leave their buddies. 1167 01:46:31,343 --> 01:46:33,344 Usually, they're lying. 1168 01:46:33,596 --> 01:46:36,639 You'll take any excuse to get out of there. 1169 01:46:37,516 --> 01:46:39,601 But it happens. 1170 01:46:41,353 --> 01:46:44,355 You get the feeling you're letting them down. 1171 01:46:45,399 --> 01:46:48,359 I could see that in your dad's face. 1172 01:46:49,361 --> 01:46:51,488 Oh, he wanted to go. 1173 01:46:51,906 --> 01:46:53,865 He'd seen enough. 1174 01:46:54,700 --> 01:46:56,951 But he didn't want to leave us. 1175 01:46:59,080 --> 01:47:01,164 Now, he was a hell of a good man, your dad. 1176 01:47:04,794 --> 01:47:06,252 Yeah. 1177 01:47:06,378 --> 01:47:08,379 While we were sitting there on the beach. . . 1178 01:47:08,422 --> 01:47:10,381 ...we heard this great roar. 1179 01:47:10,549 --> 01:47:11,800 And we looked up.... 1180 01:47:17,681 --> 01:47:21,059 That was the first of thousands of landings on lwo. 1181 01:47:21,268 --> 01:47:23,394 -Look at that. -Yeah. 1182 01:47:23,813 --> 01:47:25,438 How about that. 1183 01:47:31,403 --> 01:47:32,904 I'm gonna head back, all right? 1184 01:47:33,114 --> 01:47:34,405 Good luck. 1185 01:47:37,409 --> 01:47:40,411 That island saved a lot of lives. 1186 01:47:43,666 --> 01:47:45,583 A lot of lives. 1187 01:47:49,505 --> 01:47:51,881 l don't know what else to tell you. 1188 01:48:00,558 --> 01:48:04,435 After the bond tour, my dad finally got his operation. 1189 01:48:15,614 --> 01:48:18,575 By the time he got home, the war was over. 1190 01:48:22,872 --> 01:48:25,874 First thing he did was ask my mom to marry him. 1191 01:48:30,129 --> 01:48:32,755 lra tried to get on with his life and put it all behind him. 1192 01:48:34,550 --> 01:48:37,552 Like to thank you for having me here today. 1193 01:48:37,761 --> 01:48:43,892 It's an honor to be in front of such a strong people. 1194 01:48:46,478 --> 01:48:48,605 Because of the war. . . 1195 01:48:49,773 --> 01:48:53,943 . . .white men will understand Indians a lot better. 1196 01:48:56,488 --> 01:48:59,949 And it's going to be a better world. 1197 01:49:19,261 --> 01:49:21,763 But life had other plans for him. 1198 01:49:35,444 --> 01:49:37,695 You're-- You're him, aren't you? 1199 01:49:37,947 --> 01:49:39,864 You're the hero, right? 1200 01:49:43,535 --> 01:49:46,663 Great. All right, kids, go get your picture taken. 1201 01:49:49,541 --> 01:49:51,000 Oh, that's great. That's great. 1202 01:49:51,335 --> 01:49:52,710 All right, now say cheese. 1203 01:49:52,962 --> 01:49:54,295 -Cheese. -Cheese. 1204 01:49:54,797 --> 01:49:58,549 That's great. Okay. Hey, thanks a lot. Thanks. 1205 01:49:59,260 --> 01:50:01,844 -Come on. -That's a hero, kids. 1206 01:50:10,354 --> 01:50:15,566 Hey, hero, lift this basket, will you? 1207 01:50:15,651 --> 01:50:17,735 It's too heavy for me. 1208 01:50:42,303 --> 01:50:45,680 Rene tried to take advantage of those offers he'd received on the bond tour. 1209 01:50:45,889 --> 01:50:50,518 Yes, G-A-G-N-O-N. 1210 01:50:50,602 --> 01:50:52,937 Right. Pronounced "Rene." 1211 01:50:53,147 --> 01:50:54,480 Rene, yes. 1212 01:50:55,107 --> 01:50:56,607 l actually called last week. 1213 01:50:56,775 --> 01:50:59,861 Yes. Okay, yes. Mr. Gagnon. 1214 01:51:00,070 --> 01:51:02,613 I gave Mr. Tennack your message. 1215 01:51:02,614 --> 01:51:04,407 I'm sure he'll call you. 1216 01:51:04,658 --> 01:51:05,992 Okay. 1217 01:51:06,201 --> 01:51:07,618 All right. . . 1218 01:51:08,037 --> 01:51:09,537 . . .thank you. 1219 01:51:09,621 --> 01:51:11,622 But he was yesterday's hero. 1220 01:51:11,790 --> 01:51:15,585 He even applied for a job at the local police station. 1221 01:51:17,421 --> 01:51:19,630 They said he wasn't qualified. 1222 01:51:19,798 --> 01:51:22,675 After working the factory with Pauline he tried a few things... 1223 01:51:22,885 --> 01:51:25,720 ...but spent the rest of his life as a janitor. 1224 01:51:27,973 --> 01:51:29,015 But lra. . . . 1225 01:51:29,224 --> 01:51:32,060 Ira. You got a visitor. 1226 01:51:34,897 --> 01:51:36,814 lra always made the news. 1227 01:51:43,530 --> 01:51:47,992 l could never find out why he did it, but one day lra just took off. 1228 01:52:30,869 --> 01:52:34,247 He walked and hitched over 1300 miles. . . 1229 01:52:34,456 --> 01:52:37,125 . . .from Arizona to Texas. 1230 01:52:39,837 --> 01:52:43,089 He found Harlon Block's father working his field. 1231 01:52:43,298 --> 01:52:47,885 His wife, Belle, had left him soon after they discovered Harlon died. 1232 01:52:48,512 --> 01:52:52,056 She never forgave him for letting her son go off to war. 1233 01:53:10,033 --> 01:53:12,493 And lra told him the truth. 1234 01:53:13,328 --> 01:53:16,789 That it had been his son who raised the flag with them... 1235 01:53:17,332 --> 01:53:19,750 ...his son in the photograph. 1236 01:53:22,004 --> 01:53:24,755 And then he just turned and walked away. 1237 01:53:26,216 --> 01:53:29,427 Though the flag-raising meant nothing to him... 1238 01:53:29,678 --> 01:53:32,930 . . .he somehow knew it would mean everything to them. 1239 01:53:48,780 --> 01:53:50,781 Thanks for calling. 1240 01:53:54,786 --> 01:53:57,371 Just as Belle knew all along. 1241 01:54:06,381 --> 01:54:07,924 The press soon found out... 1242 01:54:08,217 --> 01:54:12,595 . . .and called Hank's mom with the news that it wasn't her son after all. 1243 01:54:25,609 --> 01:54:27,401 The last time they all saw each other... 1244 01:54:27,611 --> 01:54:30,821 ...was at the unveiling of the Marine Corps War Memorial. 1245 01:54:32,115 --> 01:54:35,409 And even though he'd planted the first flag above lwo Jima... 1246 01:54:35,827 --> 01:54:38,079 . . .Hank's mother and father weren't invited. 1247 01:55:15,867 --> 01:55:17,118 Ira. 1248 01:55:29,673 --> 01:55:31,674 It's good to see you, Ira. 1249 01:55:39,891 --> 01:55:41,892 Hell of a statue. 1250 01:55:54,823 --> 01:55:57,950 lt wasn't long after that that they found lra. 1251 01:55:58,160 --> 01:56:00,911 The papers said he died of exposure. 1252 01:56:00,912 --> 01:56:03,414 There was no autopsy. 1253 01:56:17,346 --> 01:56:21,057 lt was about that same time my father got in his car early one morning... 1254 01:56:21,266 --> 01:56:23,976 ...telling my mom he had something to do. 1255 01:56:30,692 --> 01:56:35,196 He drove to a town on the other side of Wisconsin, where lggy's mom lived. 1256 01:56:44,956 --> 01:56:47,083 Ever since she heard the news about her son. . . 1257 01:56:47,292 --> 01:56:51,962 ...she'd been trying to find out how he died, and no one would tell her. 1258 01:56:53,632 --> 01:56:55,633 l never found out what he told her. . . 1259 01:56:56,134 --> 01:56:59,720 ...but I can pretty much guarantee it wasn't the truth. 1260 01:57:00,972 --> 01:57:03,307 My mother would ask him what was troubling him. 1261 01:57:03,517 --> 01:57:05,518 He would never say. 1262 01:57:12,943 --> 01:57:15,778 And every year, as it got close to Memorial Day... 1263 01:57:15,987 --> 01:57:19,990 ...the reporters would start calling, asking to interview my father. 1264 01:57:20,951 --> 01:57:23,994 No, I'm sorry, he's fishing in Canada. 1265 01:57:24,579 --> 01:57:26,789 We were always instructed to say the same thing. 1266 01:57:26,998 --> 01:57:27,998 Okay. 1267 01:57:28,083 --> 01:57:29,709 Thanks. 1268 01:57:32,170 --> 01:57:34,004 When Mr. McCandless retired... 1269 01:57:34,172 --> 01:57:37,967 ...my father bought the funeral home where he'd worked since coming home. 1270 01:57:38,009 --> 01:57:42,430 He spent the rest of his life running the business and raising his family. 1271 01:58:30,228 --> 01:58:33,439 He never spoke about the war or about the flag-raising. 1272 01:58:34,149 --> 01:58:36,358 Never told us anything. 1273 01:58:36,568 --> 01:58:40,613 The first time I heard any of these stories was after he died. 1274 01:58:57,255 --> 01:58:59,089 Where is he? 1275 01:58:59,090 --> 01:59:01,133 Oh, God. 1276 01:59:02,511 --> 01:59:04,553 He's not here, Dad. 1277 01:59:05,096 --> 01:59:06,096 He died. 1278 01:59:08,350 --> 01:59:11,101 Who? Who died? 1279 01:59:11,561 --> 01:59:13,062 Iggy. 1280 01:59:14,689 --> 01:59:16,273 Iggy. 1281 01:59:17,150 --> 01:59:21,570 Christ, poor Iggy. 1282 01:59:21,905 --> 01:59:24,824 I hadn't thought of him for years. 1283 01:59:26,117 --> 01:59:28,577 How do you know about Iggy? 1284 01:59:29,120 --> 01:59:31,205 You were calling for him. 1285 01:59:31,665 --> 01:59:33,290 When you collapsed. 1286 01:59:37,712 --> 01:59:40,923 I wasn't looking for Iggy. 1287 01:59:42,133 --> 01:59:44,301 I was looking for you. 1288 01:59:46,137 --> 01:59:48,138 I wanted to. . . . 1289 01:59:50,308 --> 01:59:55,020 I wanted to tell you, I'm-- I'm sorry I wasn't a better father. 1290 01:59:56,147 --> 01:59:58,440 Talked to you more. 1291 01:59:59,276 --> 02:00:00,609 I just. . . . 1292 02:00:04,406 --> 02:00:06,323 I'm sorry. 1293 02:00:08,243 --> 02:00:09,827 Sorry? 1294 02:00:11,413 --> 02:00:14,331 You were the best father a man could have. 1295 02:00:24,301 --> 02:00:28,846 Did I ever tell you they took us swimming? 1296 02:00:32,350 --> 02:00:33,976 No, Dad. 1297 02:00:35,353 --> 02:00:40,858 After we planted the flag, we came down off the mountain. . . 1298 02:00:41,192 --> 02:00:43,360 . . .and they let us swim. 1299 02:00:44,362 --> 02:00:47,197 It was the funniest thing. 1300 02:00:47,949 --> 02:00:50,200 All this fighting and-- 1301 02:00:50,493 --> 02:00:54,246 And we were jumping around in the water like kids. 1302 02:00:57,792 --> 02:01:01,921 That's the way I remember Iggy now. 1303 02:01:37,332 --> 02:01:41,126 l finally came to the conclusion that maybe he was right. 1304 02:01:41,252 --> 02:01:44,254 Maybe there's no such thing as heroes. 1305 02:01:44,422 --> 02:01:47,257 Maybe there are just people like my dad. 1306 02:01:48,301 --> 02:01:51,387 l finally came to understand why they were so uncomfortable. . . 1307 02:01:51,596 --> 02:01:53,931 ...being called heroes. 1308 02:01:54,140 --> 02:01:58,394 Heroes are something we create, something we need. 1309 02:02:02,273 --> 02:02:06,443 lt's a way for us to understand what is almost incomprehensible... 1310 02:02:06,695 --> 02:02:10,280 ...how people could sacrifice so much for us. 1311 02:02:10,281 --> 02:02:12,533 But for my dad and these men. . . 1312 02:02:12,742 --> 02:02:15,661 ...the risks they took, the wounds they suffered... 1313 02:02:16,287 --> 02:02:18,539 ...they did that for their buddies. 1314 02:02:18,790 --> 02:02:22,334 They may have fought for their country, but they died for their friends. 1315 02:02:22,544 --> 02:02:26,296 For the man in front, for the man beside them. 1316 02:02:26,798 --> 02:02:29,800 And if we wish to truly honor these men. . . 1317 02:02:30,010 --> 02:02:32,845 . . .we should remember them the way they really were... 1318 02:02:33,054 --> 02:02:35,305 ...the way my dad remembered them. 1319 02:03:15,388 --> 02:03:16,388 Come on, Doc!