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At the beginning of the filming of the film, when director Clint Eastwood announced that he was going to put the "Battle of Iwo Jima" on the big screen, it really caused a panic among the Japanese authorities. By the end of the year, the film was about to start, and Japan not only did not stop it. Even actively participate in the promotion of the film. It turned out that Eastwood made two versions to describe the battle that had a major impact in World War II.
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Joe Rosenthal, who took the photo, worked for the "San Francisco Chronicles" for 35 years after the war until he retired in 1981. On August 20, 2006, Rosenthal passed away in a nursing home in San Francisco at the age of 94. He was an honest and moral person until his death.
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The role of Paul Walker originally belonged to Jared Leto, but he quit filming because he wanted to concentrate on his band.
Flags of Our Fathers behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
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General "Howlin' Mad" Smith: [on the telephone] I was promised ten days of shelling. You're giving me three and saying that's the best you can do?... I don't give a shit! My men hit that beach with less than ten, and I'll be taking them home to their mamas in buckets!... Yeah, I know exactly why. Because every Navy man with scrambled egg on his chest wants to offload us here and sail to Japan so they can be there for the big finish, tell their kids they captured the Emperor all by themselves. Well, you aren't going to Japan unless we take this piece of shit island! These little pricks are dug in... Okay, appreciate that, Jim. Three days is a fucking beautiful thing.
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Colonel Chandler Johnson: Our target, Island X, is an ugly, smelly, dirty little scab of rock called Iwo Jima. It means "Sulfur Island," which accounts for the smell. Looks sort of like a burnt pork chop if you ask me. After twenty straight days of bombing, you won't find a blade of grass or a twig on it. It wasn't that pretty to start with.