Flags of Our Fathers

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00:01:01 Corpsman!
00:01:07 Corpsman!
00:01:16 Corpsman!
00:01:22 For God sakes! Corpsman!
00:01:28 Corpsman!
00:01:42 Corpsman!
00:01:47 Honey, what's wrong?
00:02:06 Every jackass thinks he knows
00:02:11 Especially those
00:02:15 We like things nice and simple,
00:02:18 good and evil, heroes and villains.
00:02:22 There's always plenty of both.
00:02:26 Most of the time,
00:02:48 Where is he?
00:02:52 Where is he?
00:02:55 Where... Where is he? Where is he?
00:03:00 Mr. Bradley?
00:03:04 Mr. B? You okay?
00:03:07 - Where is he?
00:03:10 Where is he? Where did he go?
00:03:13 All right. Just stay right here, okay?
00:03:15 I'm gonna call an ambulance.
00:03:20 Where is he?
00:03:25 Most guys I knew would never talk
00:03:30 Probably 'cause they're
00:03:33 They certainly didn't
00:03:40 They died without glory.
00:03:43 Nobody has taken their pictures.
00:03:46 Only their buddies knew what they did.
00:03:49 I'd tell their folks
00:03:53 I'm not sure that was it.
00:03:55 Now, there were plenty other photos
00:03:58 but none anybody wanted to see.
00:04:00 What we see and do in war,
00:04:04 the cruelty, is unbelievable.
00:04:09 But somehow
00:04:12 To do that,
00:04:15 and damn few words.
00:04:20 Film's ruined.
00:04:21 I don't know. This one looks all right.
00:04:29 And if you can get a picture...
00:04:35 Now, the right picture
00:04:40 You're gonna want to see this.
00:04:44 Look at Vietnam.
00:04:45 The picture of that
00:04:47 blowing that fella's brains
00:04:53 That was it.
00:04:55 The war was lost.
00:04:58 We just hung around
00:05:03 Took a lot of other pictures that day.
00:05:10 Thanks. Appreciate it.
00:05:22 Sounds ridiculous, but it happened.
00:05:26 Country was bankrupt.
00:05:28 People were becoming
00:05:46 Oh, my Lord, that's Harlon!
00:05:48 Where?
00:05:49 Right there.
00:05:53 Ma, all you can see is his behind.
00:05:55 And that's his. I powdered
00:06:00 That's him. Go get your father.
00:06:02 Daddy, Ma's got a picture
00:06:06 You watch your mouth, young man.
00:06:22 Thank you.
00:06:26 One photo, almost all on its own,
00:06:31 It's on the front page
00:06:34 Over 200 dailies and they're
00:06:40 I think we might have found it.
00:07:33 Corpsman!
00:07:36 Corpsman!
00:07:41 Corpsman!
00:07:43 - I gotta go get him.
00:07:45 Iggy, I gotta go.
00:07:46 I have a whole different theory.
00:07:47 He wants medical attention bad enough,
00:07:50 Shut up and crawl over here,
00:07:54 As soon as that flare goes out.
00:07:56 - Crap. Okay, well, I'll go with you.
00:07:58 You're actually gonna leave me here?
00:08:00 I'll be right back,
00:08:16 Oh, God.
00:08:18 Okay, it's okay.
00:08:20 Don't touch them. Don't touch them.
00:08:21 Get your hands out of there.
00:08:23 Don't look. Keep your head back.
00:08:26 All right, look at me.
00:08:30 We'll get this bandage on you.
00:08:33 And we'll get you down to the bottom,
00:08:35 Look, you're gonna be fine.
00:08:38 It's okay.
00:08:40 I'll do that. I'll do that.
00:08:43 Here, put some pressure on that.
00:08:45 Put your hands on top
00:08:47 Keep your head back. Keep breathing.
00:08:49 Keep looking at me, all right?
00:08:57 Doc.
00:09:00 Help me.
00:09:05 Help me.
00:09:20 All right. Okay.
00:09:31 How's that feel?
00:09:33 - It feels good.
00:09:36 - Good.
00:09:38 I'm gonna go get a stretcher and get
00:09:42 I'm all right.
00:09:44 Go and help someone who's hurt.
00:09:47 All right. Hold on there.
00:10:01 - Where'd he go?
00:10:03 The guy who was right here, Ignatowski.
00:10:06 - I think you jumped in the wrong hole.
00:10:08 He was right here,
00:10:12 Lggy!
00:10:15 Lggy!
00:10:16 You shut up. You want every Jap
00:10:19 Lggy!
00:10:40 Holy shit.
00:10:45 They expect us to climb this?
00:10:50 Or something just like it.
00:10:59 So, where you think they're sending us?
00:11:02 I think it's the desert, Franklin.
00:11:05 Well, that makes no sense at all.
00:11:07 Well, it's just military psychology.
00:11:09 They always train you for the desert
00:11:14 Now you're just having fun with me.
00:11:18 Harlon, take your men right.
00:11:20 - Watch for Bedouins.
00:11:21 - What's a Bedouin?
00:11:26 Well, Jeez Louise,
00:11:30 Now, you tilt that to the right, but
00:11:35 Bullets don't come from the left.
00:11:40 That makes about as much sense
00:11:43 You don't even know why you do it,
00:11:45 'Cause I don't tell you
00:11:47 You do it 'cause Mike does it.
00:11:50 I'll ask him.
00:11:52 So you cut hair back home?
00:11:54 Some.
00:11:56 Training to be a barber, are you, Doc?
00:11:58 No, I just studied it a little.
00:12:02 But not in barber school?
00:12:05 Nope.
00:12:07 - Gosh.
00:12:09 Chief, I had very little to do
00:12:13 so maybe you could stop
00:12:15 Different tribe. The Pimas fought
00:12:19 - See, now that's smart.
00:12:22 Yeah. Worked real good for us.
00:12:25 Good luck, fellas.
00:12:27 Hey, good night, Lindberg.
00:12:29 Dead bodies.
00:12:33 What? Even I knew that.
00:12:37 - Who's in?
00:12:40 It must be a lot easier with them
00:12:44 - There's that.
00:12:46 You know what I been thinking?
00:12:48 Well, they been telling us
00:12:51 and I think we'd make
00:12:54 And how do you figure that?
00:12:55 Well, you know,
00:13:00 So, why do you cut dead people's hair,
00:13:03 I'm studying to work in a funeral home.
00:13:07 You tell a lot of people that?
00:13:10 You actually chose the Marines
00:13:14 No sense being a hero
00:13:20 Jacks.
00:13:23 Queens.
00:13:24 Shit.
00:13:27 Do anything on that reservation
00:13:30 All right, listen up,
00:13:35 We practice going
00:13:36 which means we ain't long
00:13:38 All right!
00:13:40 One more thing, any man who doesn't
00:13:43 better get them signed by tomorrow
00:13:45 - I got mine already.
00:13:47 Wait. Why am I just hearing about this?
00:13:50 That's horseshit, Franklin. I don't have
00:13:53 No, I didn't hear nothing
00:13:56 Heard they were running short.
00:13:59 You know, nobody tells me nothing.
00:14:02 All right, get your ass over
00:14:04 Maybe he got some more left.
00:14:07 - Leave your smokes. I'll play for you.
00:14:10 Listen, he calls you an idiot,
00:14:13 Just do not leave without signing them.
00:14:15 - I appreciate it, Sergeant.
00:14:23 What the hell happened to your hair,
00:14:28 Look like a goddamn corpse.
00:14:34 Three points of contact on that rope
00:14:38 Next four. Over the side.
00:14:41 Let's go. Keep moving.
00:14:44 Next four, over the side.
00:14:46 Just keep your eye
00:14:48 That's all you gotta look at.
00:14:49 Watch me, Doc, just watch me.
00:14:51 Keep three points of contact
00:14:57 You see? No big thing.
00:15:00 Just one step at a time and keep
00:15:03 Remember, once you're in the boat
00:15:06 Just make sure you keep three points
00:15:09 I got him!
00:15:10 All right, get that man out of the water.
00:15:12 Give me a hand.
00:15:15 Grab his pack.
00:15:16 Don't worry about him, Doc.
00:15:17 All right, quit skylarking! Keep it moving!
00:15:19 He'll be fine.
00:15:22 Our target, Island X,
00:15:24 is an ugly, smelly,
00:15:30 It means "Sulfur Island,"
00:15:34 Looks sort of like a burnt pork chop,
00:15:38 After 20 straight days of bombing
00:15:40 you won't find a blade of grass
00:15:42 It wasn't that pretty to start with.
00:15:45 Captain?
00:15:46 Lwo's just five-and-a-half miles long,
00:15:50 There's a lump down at the bottom.
00:15:53 On the maps in front of you
00:15:55 Not much of it.
00:15:57 The black dots represent
00:16:00 Coastal defense guns,
00:16:03 covered artillery emplacements.
00:16:04 Rifle pits, foxholes, antitank guns
00:16:07 machine guns, blockhouses, pillboxes,
00:16:11 I don't see any barracks
00:16:13 That's right.
00:16:15 And we still don't know why.
00:16:17 Now, this isn't just any island to them.
00:16:20 This isn't Tarawa, Guam, Tinian,
00:16:24 This is Japanese soil, sacred ground.
00:16:28 Twelve thousand Japanese defenders
00:16:31 They will not leave politely, gentlemen.
00:16:33 It's up to us to convince them.
00:16:36 The 28th will land here at Green Beach.
00:16:39 The 8th Ammo Company
00:16:42 The Suribachi's guns
00:16:44 They can hit any point on the island.
00:16:46 We're sitting ducks
00:16:48 That's our job.
00:16:50 We cut across the island, right at the
00:16:54 And we take that mountain.
00:16:55 We take that mountain,
00:16:58 We take their eyes.
00:17:13 Okay, I'm heading in. Follow me.
00:17:16 Let's put a good show on
00:17:18 Close it up.
00:17:35 Yeah, boys!
00:17:41 Man overboard portside!
00:17:52 See him?
00:17:56 Throw me a line!
00:17:57 He's right there.
00:17:59 - Where is he?
00:18:02 Hawaii's that way!
00:18:08 Just keep paddling, Mac,
00:18:12 Hold on, they're gonna lower a raft!
00:18:16 They're not gonna stop.
00:18:17 What?
00:18:19 None of them are. They can't.
00:18:29 So much for "No man left behind."
00:18:39 - Sir.
00:18:41 Look, I've had to make
00:18:43 I'm promoting you to platoon sergeant.
00:18:47 - Thank you, sir. I appreciate it.
00:18:50 Trouble is, I already told my men
00:18:54 That your
00:18:56 'Cause I've heard better.
00:18:58 Well, I'll keep practicing, then.
00:19:02 Look, this isn't
00:19:04 - You don't need to prove anything.
00:19:08 You're not the best sergeant
00:19:10 you're just the best one
00:19:12 - Block's a good man.
00:19:14 The men know him, he can step right in.
00:19:18 You know,
00:19:21 Platoon sergeant puts you further away
00:19:24 I already gave them my word, sir.
00:19:27 I told them I'd bring them all home
00:19:29 which means I already lied to half
00:19:35 - How are your men?
00:19:39 Except maybe Gagnon.
00:19:41 Our own Tyrone Power?
00:19:44 Yes, sir. He's a good man, just might be
00:19:51 I'll use him as a runner.
00:19:54 All right. Thank you, sir.
00:19:55 Now get out of here.
00:20:04 Hear the good news, Doc?
00:20:07 Hey, you do that again
00:20:10 Fucking dominoes.
00:20:12 Iggy, have you ever heard news
00:20:17 The first ones off the ship, Doc.
00:20:19 Means we don't go over
00:20:21 We hop on a tractor,
00:20:24 Oh, shit, that is good news.
00:20:26 You see? What'd I tell you?
00:20:36 What's going on?
00:21:03 Look at that.
00:21:06 We're killing them!
00:21:07 We're killing them, Doc.
00:21:35 I was promised 10 days of shelling.
00:21:38 You're giving me three
00:21:41 I don't give a shit! My men hit
00:21:45 and I'll be taking them home
00:21:50 Yeah, I know exactly why.
00:21:52 Because every Navy man with
00:21:55 wants to offload us here
00:21:58 so they can be there for the big finish,
00:22:01 tell their kids they captured
00:22:04 Well, you aren't going to Japan
00:22:09 These little pricks are dug in!
00:22:14 Okay, appreciate that, Jim.
00:22:25 Sharpen your knife or bayonet?
00:22:27 I'm okay.
00:22:30 Sharpen your knife or bayonet?
00:22:31 Jesus, lggy, just leave me alone,
00:22:35 How about you guys? Knife? Bayonet?
00:22:39 How about you, Doc?
00:22:42 You sharpened it three times already.
00:22:44 Well, then I better make sure
00:22:49 Good man, Doc.
00:22:55 - Hey, Doc.
00:22:58 When we land, try not to wave
00:23:02 They got sharpshooters
00:23:04 And they know that
00:23:06 another dozen Marines
00:23:09 Okay, Mike.
00:23:17 Yeah, right there.
00:23:49 Close the damn door. For God's sake.
00:23:52 Yeah, like that's gonna help.
00:24:00 That your girlfriend, Chief?
00:24:04 Bet she's a pretty
00:24:06 Bet you're missing her,
00:24:19 Welcome, all Marines off lwo Jima.
00:24:23 We have a long-time wait...
00:24:25 It's what they do to prisoners,
00:24:31 - at least the lucky ones.
00:24:35 If I were you, cowpokes, I wouldn't think
00:24:40 Poor Marines, so far from home
00:24:45 Think of your girls back home,
00:24:49 But a girl cannot stay home every night.
00:24:52 So who do you think
00:24:56 And will she let him kiss her?
00:25:01 This sweet music is to make you think
00:25:06 who are missing you.
00:25:08 This is all for now.
00:27:28 Gunners!
00:27:36 Move, let's go!
00:27:46 Gunners!
00:27:58 We're clear!
00:28:03 Get up the berm!
00:28:07 Baker Company, move out!
00:28:09 - Seen Second Platoon?
00:28:11 First Squad, move it out!
00:28:13 God, this place reeks.
00:28:28 - Go, go, go!
00:28:30 Go, go, go, go! Go, go! Go! Go, go!
00:28:37 All clear!
00:28:42 - Jesus, you needed some exercise?
00:28:44 A hundred landing craft heading
00:28:47 Now I'm glad we did.
00:28:50 Any theories why they ain't shooting?
00:28:53 It's getting on my nerves.
00:28:55 Maybe they're all dead.
00:28:58 What do you think, Doc?
00:29:24 Mike, take six men
00:29:27 Second Platoon, let's move out!
00:29:31 Move! Move!
00:30:11 - Get down!
00:30:14 Move out!
00:30:39 Cover fire! Pour it on!
00:30:44 Ray, shift your fire to the right, now!
00:30:57 Corpsman!
00:31:00 I'm gonna sling your arm
00:31:04 Move, move! Off the beach!
00:31:06 Take cover!
00:31:25 You got a girl back home, Marine?
00:31:27 We're gonna make sure
00:31:30 I need pressure on this wound!
00:31:40 Where's the fire coming from?
00:31:52 Where are they?
00:31:55 Look for a flash, shoot at it!
00:31:58 Let's go, let...
00:32:17 Twelve o'clock, take out the bunker!
00:32:21 You're over!
00:32:33 Third Squad, forward! Move!
00:32:46 Where are they, sir?
00:32:48 We got ten o'clock!
00:32:53 - Sergeant! I think I can clear that out.
00:32:56 All right, you go. Here.
00:32:57 Take these. Check your weapon.
00:33:00 Yeah? Go! Cover!
00:33:02 Cover him!
00:33:10 Cover, cover!
00:33:17 Son-of-a-bitch.
00:33:23 Let's go! Go!
00:33:25 Move it out!
00:33:30 Go, go, go!
00:33:34 Down, down, down!
00:33:55 It's clear.
00:33:56 Good work.
00:34:06 I thought you said it was clear!
00:34:07 It was!
00:34:15 Shit, I guess they're not in there
00:34:19 Lindberg!
00:34:21 Yeah!
00:34:22 Light it up!
00:34:27 I'll cover you, Ice!
00:34:28 Don't cover shit! There's already
00:34:32 One bullet and this thing goes up
00:34:35 Go! Shift fire!
00:34:37 Shift your fire!
00:34:39 Go, go! Shift your fire!
00:34:41 Shift your fire!
00:34:49 Go! Move it out!
00:35:18 Hit the deck!
00:35:22 Is this a bad battle or what?
00:35:24 It's a fucking slaughter.
00:35:37 Christ Jesus!
00:35:46 Get a machine gun team
00:35:54 Thank God! Tanks!
00:35:56 Runner! Get those tanks up here!
00:36:01 Oh, shit.
00:36:02 Get down!
00:36:04 Corporal, watch your left flank!
00:36:07 Let's go without them!
00:36:37 Lggy, you gotta lift your side,
00:36:39 Got it, Doc!
00:36:44 Incoming!
00:36:51 Move, move, move, move!
00:37:21 Keep moving!
00:37:23 Get that LVT up on the beach!
00:37:27 Keep moving!
00:37:34 You're next, pal,
00:37:41 Move it!
00:37:57 Great news.
00:38:00 Maybe if you live up on Camp Tarawa,
00:38:06 Not you and me.
00:38:07 Captain Severance asked me
00:38:09 and Christ if I could remember,
00:38:11 but it was Mike and Doc and Franklin
00:38:14 but I just remembered,
00:38:22 I wasn't there.
00:38:24 'Course you were.
00:38:25 Neither was Hank.
00:38:28 It was Harlon Block that raised that one.
00:38:30 Shit. I told them it was Hank.
00:38:34 You weren't there, Mr. Smart Ass,
00:38:36 - You tell them it was me?
00:38:39 Good, keep your mouth shut.
00:38:42 They know there was somebody else,
00:38:44 Then pick someone dead.
00:38:45 They don't want somebody dead,
00:38:47 they want to ship us back to the States.
00:38:50 What did I tell you?
00:38:54 I wasn't there.
00:38:56 - You hear?
00:38:58 Just settle down.
00:39:01 - I'm not going anywhere.
00:39:40 Who the hell says?
00:39:46 This is horseshit.
00:39:51 You wounded, son?
00:39:53 No, sir.
00:39:54 Well, did you take out a nest of Japs
00:39:58 'Cause if I'm gonna give up my seat
00:40:01 he better have
00:40:03 No, sir.
00:40:05 Then enjoy it, 'cause they'll forget you
00:40:34 The sixth man, you got a name?
00:40:37 Sorry, still don't remember.
00:40:39 It's a damn shame, 'cause I promised
00:40:43 Fact, you not knowing
00:40:45 being one of the flag-raisers yourself.
00:40:47 Since no one wants to be embarrassed,
00:40:50 they'll turn you around,
00:40:52 in time to meet your buddies
00:40:55 So, why don't you stop screwing
00:41:17 Gangway! Gangway!
00:41:19 Where the hell is that son-of-a-bitch?
00:41:23 Hayes, get your red ass over here!
00:41:25 Make me look like I don't know
00:41:27 with a flag the size
00:41:29 God damn it, Ira,
00:41:31 You made me look like
00:41:34 We're gonna miss you around here.
00:41:43 Now your name's in the paper, too.
00:41:50 Just heard your doctor say
00:41:53 You're being shipped back
00:41:55 Everybody who saw that picture
00:42:00 That's all they wanted to know. Victory.
00:42:04 Within a few weeks of that picture being
00:42:08 Mrs. Hansen! Mrs. Hansen!
00:42:12 - Are you proud of him, Mrs. Hansen?
00:42:14 Look this way, please, ma'am.
00:42:16 What do you have to say
00:42:19 But somehow being a part of it
00:42:23 Looking at it, you could believe
00:42:32 Yeah, I might have thought
00:42:35 It is.
00:42:38 Belle, their names are right here.
00:42:43 And he would be alive
00:42:48 You think about that
00:43:59 And I need to rush home and change
00:44:02 because there's the Governor's banquet
00:44:05 Imagine, the Governor is coming here
00:44:09 Now, I'm wearing blue so, if...
00:44:11 - Are you going to change?
00:44:13 a special news bulletin
00:44:15 A press association has just announced
00:44:19 The President died
00:44:21 All we know so far is that the President
00:44:27 Further updates every hour.
00:44:29 Temperatures will remain
00:44:32 in the mid-30s to low 40s
00:44:35 Hello?
00:44:37 Yes. Of course.
00:44:40 No, we understand. It wouldn't be right.
00:44:45 Thank you.
00:44:50 Here he is, gentlemen.
00:44:53 Senator Haddigan. I'd like you to meet
00:44:57 Damn good to meet you.
00:44:59 Proud to make your acquaintance, son.
00:45:06 Sorry?
00:45:09 That's Pima Indian talk, boy,
00:45:12 Took forever to memorize
00:45:15 Sorry, I've been away from
00:45:24 - Doc.
00:45:25 And now, the heroes of lwo Jima!
00:45:29 - That's you.
00:45:32 Please welcome
00:45:34 Navy Corpsman John "Doc" Bradley,
00:45:39 Private First Class Ira Hayes,
00:45:44 Private First Class Rene Gagnon!
00:46:18 Holy shit.
00:46:21 Come in, come in, come in.
00:46:24 - Rene Gagnon.
00:46:26 - You showing the boys the sights?
00:46:28 That's great.
00:46:31 I got some briefing sheets for you here,
00:46:33 just some simple things
00:46:35 Mostly, "Buy bonds,"
00:46:38 Itineraries, those are changing
00:46:41 Everybody wants to meet you guys.
00:46:43 I got women sending up envelopes
00:46:47 notes written in lipstick. We won't
00:46:50 Have a drink, for Christ's sake.
00:46:52 My God, what you boys
00:46:55 I've been watching the newsreels.
00:46:57 Jesus Christ, that was a fight and a half.
00:47:00 So, we got a hell of a lot of money
00:47:04 White House tomorrow,
00:47:06 to shake hands with
00:47:08 who won't pull a penny
00:47:10 Politicians and actors.
00:47:11 You put them in a restaurant together,
00:47:12 they'd die of old age
00:47:14 Then New York City, Times Square,
00:47:17 dinners with various hoi polloi,
00:47:20 Who are these "Gold Star Mothers"?
00:47:22 That's what we're calling the mothers
00:47:25 You present each mother with a flag,
00:47:27 they say a few words,
00:47:30 It'll be so moving.
00:47:32 But this says Hank Hansen's mom.
00:47:34 Lovely woman. She knows how close
00:47:37 He wrote home about you.
00:47:38 She is very, very much
00:47:41 Hank wasn't in the picture.
00:47:44 Sorry?
00:47:46 Hank didn't raise that flag.
00:47:49 He raised the other one, the real flag.
00:47:51 The what? The real...
00:47:55 Yeah, ours was the replacement flag.
00:47:56 We put it up when they took
00:47:59 Am I the only one getting a headache
00:48:02 It was after it was already in the papers.
00:48:04 The mothers had already
00:48:05 That's it, that's beautiful.
00:48:08 Yeah, why tell me?
00:48:10 I'm only the guy that has to explain it
00:48:12 Who is in the goddamn picture?
00:48:14 Are any of you guys
00:48:16 Yeah, we're in the goddamn picture.
00:48:18 Six guys raising a flag over lwo Jima.
00:48:21 You're three of them, right?
00:48:23 This was the fifth day, sir.
00:48:26 Well, what'd you do, raise a goddamn
00:48:29 Can I hit this guy?
00:48:31 You know what, I don't give a shit,
00:48:34 you raised the flag,
00:48:36 Are you deaf? Hank isn't in the picture.
00:48:40 Well, who the fuck is Harlon?
00:48:42 Harlon Block. That's whose mother
00:48:46 You know, I think this whole damn thing
00:49:10 You know what they're calling
00:49:12 They might've called it the
00:49:13 "We're Flat Fucking Broke
00:49:15 "So We're Begging For Your Pennies"
00:49:17 but it didn't have quite the ring.
00:49:20 because the last four bond drives
00:49:22 we just printed money instead.
00:49:24 Ask any smart boy on Wall Street,
00:49:26 our dollar is next to worthless,
00:49:30 And nobody is lending any more.
00:49:32 Tanks aren't being built. Machine guns,
00:49:36 You think this is a farce?
00:49:39 Well, stuff some rocks in your pockets
00:49:42 because that's all we got left
00:49:44 And don't be surprised if your plane
00:49:47 because the fuel dumps are empty.
00:49:49 And our good friends, the Arabs,
00:49:51 If we don't raise $14 billion,
00:49:54 and that's million with a "B,"
00:49:58 We make a deal with the Japanese,
00:50:00 and we come home,
00:50:02 and they sure as shit ain't giving up.
00:50:05 $14 billion.
00:50:06 The last three drives
00:50:12 People on the street corners,
00:50:13 they looked at this picture
00:50:17 Don't ask me why,
00:50:19 You can't even see your faces.
00:50:21 But it said we can win this war,
00:50:25 we just need you to dig a little deeper.
00:50:28 They want to give us that money.
00:50:29 No, they want to give it to you.
00:50:32 But you, you don't want to ask for it.
00:50:34 You want to explain about
00:50:38 Well, that's your choice.
00:50:41 Because if we admit we made a
00:50:45 and that will be that.
00:50:57 Gentlemen.
00:51:00 Mr. President, here they are.
00:51:02 - Well, hello. Good to see you.
00:51:05 Darn good to see you, boys.
00:51:06 Heard you had a hell of a fight
00:51:09 Yes, sir.
00:51:11 Ira, you're off the Gila River Reservation
00:51:14 Yes, Mr. President.
00:51:16 Being an Indian,
00:51:20 Bet your people are proud to see you
00:51:23 Very proud, sir.
00:51:24 They should be.
00:51:26 Well, I want to thank you for coming all
00:51:29 You fought for a mountain in the Pacific
00:51:31 now we need you to fight
00:51:34 - And I don't expect you'll let us down.
00:51:37 Good. Go get it.
00:51:39 That's the end of this ceremony.
00:51:41 Let's take a look at this famous photo
00:51:46 My gosh. There you are.
00:51:57 Boys. Boys, this one's on me.
00:52:02 Yes, sir.
00:52:06 Excuse me, Mr. Gagnon.
00:52:12 I suppose.
00:52:14 And your name is?
00:52:17 I don't know about you,
00:52:18 I'm drinking with the wrong heroes.
00:52:20 You're such a hero.
00:52:25 That's just not true.
00:52:29 That's professional work.
00:52:43 Here they are. You're the guys
00:52:46 I heard you were on the train.
00:52:47 Let me shake your hands,
00:52:49 John Bradley.
00:52:51 These boys are with me, Harvard
00:52:54 Pappies all rich sons-of-bitches.
00:52:56 Boys, shake hands
00:52:58 Excuse me for one moment.
00:53:00 You can buy them a drink
00:53:02 That's right. Drinks for these men
00:53:05 And you're the other one, aren't you?
00:53:08 - Rene Gagnon.
00:53:10 Have a drink, come on.
00:53:13 Listen to me, Rene,
00:53:15 when you get finished
00:53:17 because if you can sell bonds,
00:53:20 Now, they're not gonna build homes
00:53:24 - You heard of prefab homes?
00:53:26 Well, you will. And you hang on to that
00:53:30 - All right?
00:53:39 All right.
00:53:49 This sure takes it, huh, Doc?
00:53:53 If Mike and the guys could see us.
00:53:57 Yeah, they'd hardly believe it,
00:54:02 Harlon!
00:54:06 Franklin!
00:54:11 Can you imagine Franklin
00:54:15 on this train
00:54:18 eating at the dining car
00:54:27 We shouldn't be here, Doc.
00:55:05 There's gonna be a Hallelujah Day
00:55:09 When the boys
00:55:13 And a million bands begin to play
00:55:17 We'll be dancing the Victory Polka
00:55:20 And when we've lit the torch of liberty
00:55:24 In each blacked-out land across the sea
00:55:27 Ira! Hey, Ira!
00:55:30 What?
00:55:32 We heard you posed the picture!
00:55:34 Hey, Doc!
00:55:43 We're bigger than life, Doc!
00:55:46 And we'll heave a mighty sigh
00:55:47 When each gal can kiss the boy
00:55:51 And they'll come marching down
00:55:55 The United Nations in review
00:55:59 When this lovely dream
00:56:03 We'll be dancing the Victory Polka
00:56:14 Good job.
00:56:15 Thank you.
00:56:25 Thank you, girls!
00:56:27 And now,
00:56:29 here are the men
00:56:33 the men in white.
00:56:34 Right behind me here,
00:56:39 Private First Class Rene Gagnon,
00:56:42 Private First Class Ira Hayes,
00:56:45 and Navy Corpsman
00:57:00 Thank you.
00:57:06 It's good of you people to come out
00:57:10 We really need you to buy bonds,
00:57:12 'Cause we can't win the war
00:57:15 As far as us being the heroes
00:57:20 that's just not the case.
00:57:22 We really didn't do much at all.
00:57:24 Especially him.
00:57:26 Especially me.
00:57:29 I was just a runner. That's it.
00:57:33 We put up a flag.
00:57:34 The pole we attached it to was heavy,
00:57:38 We had our picture taken doing it.
00:57:42 The real heroes are dead on that island.
00:57:46 And we'd appreciate it if you bought
00:58:07 Jump on any grenades, Ira?
00:58:10 Take out any machine gun nests
00:58:13 At least I fired my weapon.
00:58:15 All right, knock it off.
00:58:17 You hit anything
00:58:19 What?
00:58:20 Guys! Come on!
00:58:23 Stop it. Knock it off.
00:58:45 The tall man with the high hat
00:58:50 Get your savings out
00:58:53 "Any bonds today?"
00:58:55 Any bonds today?
00:58:58 Bonds of freedom that's what I'm selling
00:59:01 Any bonds today?
00:59:02 Rene, right here.
00:59:06 Here comes the freedom man
00:59:09 Asking you to buy
00:59:17 ... for us and they need our help.
00:59:20 And, if you think about it,
00:59:24 that buying more bonds
00:59:29 but the only thing to do.
00:59:33 Yes, this war has gone on too long.
00:59:37 We have given too many lives.
00:59:41 - Chocolate or strawberry, sir?
00:59:44 ... has been far too high.
00:59:46 But if we waver now,
00:59:48 if we don't dig deep and give more
00:59:53 then those sacrifices would be wasted...
00:59:56 Chocolate or strawberry, sir?
00:59:57 ... and those lives lost in vain.
01:01:39 Let's move! Go, go!
01:02:04 Easy Six, this is Easy Two, over.
01:02:06 Stuck in the sand.
01:02:09 Christ.
01:02:11 That's real good work
01:02:15 All right, prepare to move out.
01:02:18 Second Platoon! Move! Move! Move!
01:02:21 All right, Second Platoon, on your feet!
01:02:24 Jackass.
01:02:25 Let's move out!
01:02:29 Go, go! Move, move, move!
01:02:34 Corpsman!
01:02:48 Corpsman!
01:02:51 Second Platoon, move out!
01:02:59 Doc!
01:03:01 Doc, get out of there!
01:03:11 Corpsman!
01:03:14 Doc!
01:03:23 Doc, get the hell out of there!
01:03:32 May I have your attention, please.
01:03:35 Train number 48 with service
01:03:40 Rochester, New York,
01:03:44 Toledo, Ohio, and South Bend, Indiana
01:03:49 Train number 48 now arriving
01:03:53 Okay, let's go. Let's go.
01:03:58 - Come on, boys.
01:04:01 - Watch your step, ma'am.
01:04:24 Ladies and gentlemen,
01:04:31 Navy Corpsman John "Doc" Bradley.
01:04:36 Private First Class Ira Hayes.
01:04:40 And Private First Class Rene Gagnon.
00:00:07 Who the hell is that?
00:00:09 I don't know.
00:00:11 - Rene, is that your girl?
00:00:13 How about a photo? Hey, look at that!
00:00:18 What's your name, doll?
00:00:20 Hey, she's a beauty.
00:00:28 Let's go find a saloon.
00:00:41 Smile, boys.
00:00:45 Hey, Doc, how's the tour going for you?
00:00:49 Thank you.
00:00:50 Where exactly are you staying?
00:00:52 - I'm not sure yet.
00:01:07 Senator, I'd like you to meet
00:01:09 - Doc, right?
00:01:11 Good to meet you, young man.
00:01:12 Now, we appreciate everything you've
00:01:15 - Thank you, sir.
00:01:17 This is Captain White.
00:01:20 - Colonel Johns.
00:01:22 And then Colonel McCourtney.
00:01:24 - Major General Green.
00:01:29 Senator, this is
00:01:31 Of course!
00:01:33 Now I hear you used a tomahawk
00:01:37 No, sir.
00:01:38 Well, tell them you did,
00:01:43 - Attaboy.
00:01:47 John?
00:01:49 Madeline Evelley. I recognize you from
00:01:54 It's so nice to meet you, ma'am.
00:01:58 This is PFC Rene Gagnon.
00:02:00 Pleasure to meet you, son.
00:02:03 - My pleasure.
00:02:05 Ira, I'd like you to meet Mrs. Strank,
00:02:24 It's all right.
00:02:26 When I got the telegram, I...
00:02:30 I don't know what I'm trying to say here.
00:02:34 Knowing he was with you that day
00:02:39 I don't know why it makes me
00:02:43 - It's so silly, isn't it?
00:02:47 How are you, son?
00:02:50 We're the largest furniture wholesaler
00:02:54 Thank you. Excuse me.
00:02:56 - I'll make sure he calls.
00:03:01 Are you Rene?
00:03:03 Yes, ma'am.
00:03:09 I'm Franklin's mother.
00:03:14 It's an honor to meet you, ma'am.
00:03:19 I'm Pauline, Rene's girlfriend.
00:03:23 Would you mind?
00:03:33 Paper said that's Hank,
00:03:36 and I honestly can't tell.
00:03:38 It's horrible of a mother
00:03:42 But that's him, isn't it?
00:03:46 Well, to be honest, ma'am,
00:03:49 and with everything that was going on
00:03:50 it's kind of hard to remember
00:03:55 But...
00:03:59 Yeah, I think...
00:04:01 That's Hank.
00:04:03 Thank you.
00:04:05 Excuse me.
00:04:08 I'm so sorry for your loss.
00:04:14 Excuse us.
00:04:31 Take him outside.
00:04:35 I'm Pauline.
00:04:36 - Very nice to meet you.
00:04:41 He was the best Marine I ever knew.
00:04:45 Thank you.
00:04:56 - You okay, Chief?
00:04:59 I'm okay.
00:05:00 Yeah, you look it.
00:05:04 You're gonna screw it up for all of us.
00:05:08 I've got him.
00:05:09 Get some sleep, Ira.
00:06:37 - Mike?
00:06:40 - You see this?
00:06:41 - Mike!
00:06:50 He's killing me!
00:07:31 Hey, Doc, you think they got them all?
00:07:33 What?
00:07:35 Well, they're not shooting at us.
00:07:38 Or they ran off in the night
00:07:39 Or they're waiting for us
00:07:41 Third Platoon!
00:07:44 - Just us?
00:07:46 All right, Third Platoon, move!
00:07:49 I tag along?
00:07:51 Yeah, you can lead the way if you want.
00:07:54 It's your ass
00:07:56 Hey, that'll work for me, too.
00:08:01 Lieutenant,
00:08:03 if you make it to the top, put this up.
00:08:06 Yes, sir.
00:08:14 Don't worry, lggy.
00:08:17 - They don't?
00:08:19 They want us to go up to the top,
00:08:22 then shoot everybody else
00:08:24 - Really?
00:08:26 Unless of course they want to
00:08:28 and discourage all the others.
00:08:30 I think you're full of crap,
00:08:32 Really?
00:08:34 Jesus.
00:08:38 Thank God that ain't us.
00:08:52 Told you.
00:08:55 Boots, spread them out
00:08:58 Set up a perimeter! First Squad!
00:09:06 - Hank? Find me a pole.
00:09:12 Let's put this flag up.
00:09:21 Watch it.
00:09:23 Right over here.
00:09:30 Right here. That's good. That's good.
00:09:32 Got that end? Hold that steady.
00:09:35 Lindberg.
00:09:39 - Hey, who's got rope?
00:09:45 Give me something. Yeah, good.
00:09:47 That work?
00:09:53 Do it, fellas.
00:09:57 Keep it coming.
00:10:05 USMC! USMC!
00:10:09 Shit, look at that!
00:10:45 Jeez, look at that.
00:10:54 Get down! Take cover!
00:10:57 Cover with that .30!
00:10:59 - Watch it! Twenty yards down, Hank!
00:11:03 - I got about 20 yards, left side.
00:11:07 - Boots, you see them?
00:11:11 - About 20 yards down! Duck one!
00:11:14 Keep the cover on!
00:11:16 Second Squad, you see them?
00:11:18 Get me some grenades!
00:11:20 I see them!
00:11:33 You see them?
00:11:34 Right flank, over to the right!
00:11:40 Cover me, I'm going down!
00:11:42 Careful, lggy.
00:11:43 Easy.
00:11:45 All clear!
00:11:56 Okay, guys, who wants to be famous?
00:12:01 Yes, sir. Right away, sir.
00:12:03 - God damn it. Strank!
00:12:06 They want a phone line run up
00:12:09 Let me guess, they picked us.
00:12:10 Second Platoon, let's go.
00:12:19 Let's go! Get off your ass.
00:12:26 Oh, shit!
00:12:28 Hope it still works,
00:12:32 - Get Forrestal!
00:12:38 I don't know whose idea it was,
00:12:40 Well, it was goddamn brilliant.
00:12:44 Mark my words,
00:12:47 means a Marine Corps
00:12:51 I want that flag.
00:12:54 Yes, sir.
00:12:57 You can count on me.
00:12:59 Fuck that. That flag belongs
00:13:03 That son-of-a-bitch thinks
00:13:06 so we could hand over our flag
00:13:09 He's out of his goddamn mind!
00:13:12 Get me that flag,
00:13:14 You've gotta be shitting me.
00:13:17 Gagnon!
00:13:19 Get your ass over here.
00:13:27 Hey. Hi, fellas. How's it going?
00:13:33 Missed a beautiful shot, Joe.
00:13:36 It's that kind of day.
00:14:00 - Hey, Mike.
00:14:03 Lieutenant!
00:14:11 Captain says he wants that flag.
00:14:14 He wants this flag?
00:14:16 Yes, sir.
00:14:18 - We just put the damn thing up.
00:14:21 Some kind of flag shortage?
00:14:23 He wants you to put this one up instead.
00:14:32 Hey, Mike.
00:14:35 Do me a favor and put this up, will you?
00:14:37 Yes, sir.
00:14:39 All right, let's find a pole.
00:14:43 Take the flag down, boys.
00:14:46 Captain's orders.
00:14:50 You heard him, let's do it.
00:14:54 There you go.
00:14:55 Lordy, she's a heavy one.
00:15:02 All right, hang on. Put this on.
00:15:10 One hell of a view, huh?
00:15:12 Good view from up here.
00:15:24 All right.
00:15:29 - Not in your way here, am I, Joe?
00:15:32 Hey, Doc,
00:15:39 Oh, Jesus, Bill, here she goes.
00:15:41 Ready? Ready?
00:15:43 Let's go.
00:15:47 You get it?
00:15:52 I don't know.
00:15:57 Nobody even noticed
00:16:03 Everybody saw that damn picture
00:16:08 But your dad and the others
00:16:10 and what they had not done.
00:16:14 All your friends dying,
00:16:17 it's hard not to be called a hero
00:16:22 But for putting up a pole?
00:16:29 You gotta be kidding.
00:16:31 Hey! It took a lot of talented folks
00:16:36 Just wait till tonight when it's lit properly
00:16:38 and there's thousands
00:16:40 It's gonna look a lot better.
00:16:41 So, stadium lights come down,
00:16:43 spotlight comes up
00:16:45 You charge up this thing with the flag,
00:16:47 You smile, you wave. You know the drill.
00:16:50 You want us to plant the flag
00:16:53 Hey, that's show biz.
00:16:56 And try and stand how you stood
00:16:59 Just, you know, pretend
00:17:02 The dead guys.
00:17:05 Yeah. Yeah.
00:17:08 Okay, not a problem.
00:17:11 Good.
00:17:12 But where do we imagine
00:17:15 Sorry?
00:17:17 Well, seeing that he wasn't there,
00:17:18 it'll be kind of hard for us
00:17:21 I think you know exactly where he was.
00:17:28 This is bullshit.
00:17:32 I planted that damn thing once,
00:17:38 - Hayes!
00:17:40 Hayes. Hayes, get your ass back here
00:17:44 Hayes!
00:17:46 You wanna do your damn job?
00:17:53 Let go of me! Let go of me!
00:17:56 Come on!
00:18:02 He's with me!
00:18:03 Hey, he's with me!
00:18:06 - Back off!
00:18:09 Ira, put the goddamn chair down!
00:18:11 - Put the chair down, son!
00:18:14 Tell them drop their sticks!
00:18:17 Ira, they're cops,
00:18:19 You're not supposed to be in the street
00:18:22 - Calm down, son.
00:18:24 That poster right there?
00:18:27 - That's him?
00:18:29 Christ.
00:18:31 We got another fucking hero.
00:18:34 - Can you do that?
00:18:37 Put the goddamn chair down.
00:18:48 Did you start this?
00:18:50 He didn't serve me!
00:18:53 I don't make the rules.
00:19:01 He needs to go sleep it off.
00:19:14 Soldier Field.
00:19:20 You hear that?
00:19:22 What the hell is that?
00:19:24 I can't figure it out.
00:19:26 Keep an eye out.
00:19:28 It sounds like it's coming from up there.
00:20:40 They're using grenades.
00:20:43 They're killing themselves.
00:20:53 Ira, let's go.
00:20:56 Come on.
00:21:01 Let's go, Ira. Come on.
00:21:25 Thank God. Jesus. Look at you, Chief.
00:21:31 You found him.
00:21:33 Holy shit. You would have to pick today.
00:21:36 Vandegrift is here with enough brass
00:21:39 Come on, let's go. Can you walk?
00:21:41 - Yes, sir.
00:21:44 All right, look.
00:21:46 get him to the top, plant that flag,
00:21:49 Get him in his stuff. I'll stall these guys
00:21:55 Jesus Christ.
00:21:56 And now, the heroes of lwo Jima!
00:22:05 Cover!
00:22:10 Harlon!
00:22:15 Harlon! Get your fire team
00:22:18 O'Hare!
00:22:20 First Fire Team!
00:22:23 Work around!
00:22:25 BAR, you, on the side of the ridge!
00:22:32 Covering fire, boys, go, go, go!
00:22:34 Jackson, work your team
00:22:37 Cover!
00:22:47 Left flank! Left flank!
00:22:54 Franklin, Gust, go check it out!
00:23:00 Hustle up, boys!
00:23:07 We got them!
00:23:09 Clear!
00:23:26 One hell of an experience.
00:23:36 Move out!
00:23:43 Cease fire! They're my men!
00:23:51 You're targeting our...
00:23:54 Get me another radio!
00:24:01 Sergeant? Sergeant!
00:24:03 Mike!
00:24:05 Mike, Mike, Mike.
00:24:09 Mike? Mike.
00:24:19 Hey, where's Doc?
00:24:22 Corpsman!
00:24:26 Oh, shit.
00:24:30 How's his breathing?
00:24:33 Hey, Mike. Mike, Mike, can you hear us?
00:24:37 It's okay.
00:24:40 It's okay.
00:24:42 Come on, Mike.
00:24:45 Mike? Mike, can you hear us?
00:24:59 All right, let's go!
00:25:02 Move out!
00:25:05 I'm gonna get a stretcher.
00:25:07 Let's take him down,
00:25:22 Ladies and gentlemen,
00:25:27 Corpsman!
00:25:36 Hank!
00:25:38 Hank!
00:25:59 Doc, they killed me.
00:26:10 Harlon!
00:26:14 Doc,
00:26:17 they killed me.
00:26:20 Come on, Harlon. Harlon, stay with me.
00:26:35 Franklin!
00:26:42 I'm fine, Ira.
00:27:30 Corpsman!
00:27:33 Corpsman!
00:27:35 - Where'd he go?
00:27:37 The guy who was right here, Ignatowski.
00:27:39 - I think you jumped in the wrong hole.
00:27:42 He was right here,
00:27:46 Lggy!
00:27:48 Lggy!
00:27:49 You shut up. You want every Jap
00:27:52 Lggy!
00:28:08 Does it open?
00:28:11 Lggy!
00:28:13 Lggy!
00:28:16 Lggy, are you down there?
00:28:20 Lggy!
00:28:23 Can't tell who it is, but he's one of ours.
00:28:26 I had to go outside to throw up.
00:28:30 Look what they did
00:29:47 You okay, Chief?
00:29:49 Just let it go.
00:29:51 If that doesn't pry open their wallets,
00:30:03 Jesus Christ, he's drunk.
00:30:09 Goddamn Indians.
00:30:22 Come on, Chief. Let's get you home.
00:30:34 That's not what I hear.
00:30:38 He's been drunk
00:30:40 making a spectacle of himself.
00:30:42 Just about choked that poor woman
00:30:45 Jesus Christ, you're supposed to be
00:30:48 Yes, sir.
00:30:49 Well, he's making us
00:30:51 Well, with all due respect, sir,
00:30:52 he never wanted to come on this trip
00:30:54 We had to pull him,
00:30:57 He wants to be with his unit.
00:30:59 What unit? They're all fucking dead.
00:31:02 This is how he honors those men?
00:31:06 You know what?
00:31:09 Get him packed and on a train today.
00:31:14 Yes, sir.
00:31:22 I'll do it.
00:31:43 Yeah, no, that's...
00:31:49 I know it's a good thing,
00:31:52 raising the money and that,
00:31:57 But,
00:31:59 I can't take them calling me a hero.
00:32:04 All I did was try not to get shot.
00:32:12 Some of the things I saw done,
00:32:15 things I did,
00:32:19 they weren't things to be proud of,
00:32:32 Mike...
00:32:38 Mike was a hero.
00:32:43 You ever meet him?
00:32:47 No.
00:32:54 Best Marine I ever met.
00:33:01 You know, Chief, I think
00:33:07 he'd be saying the same thing
00:33:11 not being a hero.
00:33:20 Maybe.
00:33:23 He was a good guy.
00:33:27 But I think that
00:33:32 seeing me the way I am.
00:33:53 Think I could see my ma
00:33:58 Think they'd do that? See my ma?
00:34:06 I'm sorry, Ira.
00:34:19 We got stories now to tell our kids,
00:34:23 Keep your head down.
00:34:34 All aboard.
00:34:36 Good luck, Chief.
00:35:09 I think I saw him once after that.
00:35:12 It was maybe six or seven years
00:35:15 I was working as a salesman,
00:35:18 I was driving west across Texas.
00:35:20 I was just trying to get where
00:35:23 And I saw this guy
00:35:26 And, for a second,
00:35:34 I always regret that I didn't stop,
00:35:38 And he was an Indian.
00:35:40 We always told the press
00:35:43 that he was going back to fight
00:35:46 which was at least partially true, but
00:35:51 that isn't what got the headlines.
00:35:54 We're engaged.
00:36:00 Excuse me a minute, darling.
00:36:02 - Hey, Doc?
00:36:04 - Got a minute?
00:36:06 I'll see you at the car.
00:36:10 - You hear I'm getting married?
00:36:15 Yeah, it's something she wants.
00:36:20 She's not used to all this,
00:36:23 I'm sure you'll be very happy.
00:36:25 So, I was wondering
00:36:28 Me?
00:36:32 Don't you have somebody at home,
00:36:37 Well, I didn't really make many.
00:36:39 The ones who didn't go, it's...
00:36:43 You know?
00:36:44 Yeah, I know.
00:36:49 I'd be proud to.
00:36:52 Thank you.
00:36:54 I better go drag her away from them
00:36:57 I'm gonna be president
00:37:01 All right.
00:37:03 - Congratulations.
00:37:06 Rene, you're a lucky man.
00:37:18 - Big smile, Mrs. Gagnon!
00:37:21 I couldn't complain
00:37:24 so they wrote more articles
00:37:31 The tour went on
00:37:39 And the true heroes are the men
00:37:43 the men who died at lwo Jima
00:37:47 We ask that you honor
00:37:50 by buying the war bonds
00:37:54 Thank you.
00:37:59 City after city,
00:38:04 And this rumor kept going around
00:38:10 I remember your dad telling them
00:38:12 that he wished he'd known
00:38:14 because he would've ducked
00:38:16 Whose idea was it?
00:38:19 Come on, it was you?
00:38:20 Was there truth to the rumor
00:38:24 - Come on! Doc?
00:38:28 I remember when your dad got shot.
00:38:33 People back home saw that picture
00:38:35 and thought it was over
00:38:40 We wished.
00:38:42 Anyways, we're pinned down.
00:38:45 Mortars, shells, machine guns.
00:38:49 Fire coming from
00:38:53 And we hear somebody call,
00:38:58 Corpsman down!
00:39:06 Blood was spurting out of his throat,
00:39:13 And the Corpsman looks up at him
00:39:16 and he knows what this means,
00:39:21 He knows he's dying, you can see that.
00:39:24 But still
00:39:27 in his eyes, he's pleading with Doc
00:39:37 And Doc can't.
00:40:16 - You okay, Doc?
00:40:20 - Yeah, you look fine.
00:40:24 Keep down, all right?
00:40:27 Okay.
00:40:35 Corpsman. Corpsman!
00:40:39 For God sake, Corpsman!
00:41:01 Corpsman?
00:41:04 Corpsman.
00:41:07 Incoming!
00:41:13 Let me see.
00:41:17 It's not that bad.
00:41:21 Just stay with me. Look at me.
00:41:23 Took us a half-hour to find your dad.
00:41:27 Coming down.
00:41:36 Thanks.
00:41:41 Vets'll tell you about being hit
00:41:47 Usually, they're lying.
00:41:49 You'll take any excuse
00:41:53 But it happens.
00:41:57 You get the feeling
00:42:01 I could see that in your dad's face.
00:42:05 He wanted to go, he'd seen enough.
00:42:10 But he didn't want to leave us.
00:42:14 Now, he was a hell of a good man,
00:42:20 Yeah.
00:42:22 While we were sitting there
00:42:26 And we looked up.
00:42:33 That was the first
00:42:37 - Look at that.
00:42:39 How about that.
00:42:47 I'm gonna head back, all right?
00:42:48 Good luck.
00:42:53 That island saved a lot of lives.
00:42:59 A lot of lives.
00:43:05 I don't know what else to tell you.
00:43:16 After the bond tour
00:43:31 By the time he got home
00:43:38 First thing he did
00:43:45 Ira tried to get on with his life
00:43:50 Thank you for having me here today.
00:43:53 It's an honor to be in front of
00:44:02 Because of the war
00:44:05 white men will understand Indians
00:44:12 And it's going to be a better world.
00:44:35 But life had other plans for him.
00:44:50 You're... You're him, aren't you?
00:44:53 You're the hero, right?
00:44:59 Great. All right, kids,
00:45:05 Oh, that's great. That's great.
00:45:07 All right, now say cheese.
00:45:08 Cheese!
00:45:10 That's great! Okay.
00:45:15 - Come on.
00:45:28 Hero, lift this basket, will you?
00:45:58 Rene tried to take advantage of those
00:46:01 Yes. G-A-G-N-O-N.
00:46:06 Right. Pronounced Rene. Rene, yes.
00:46:10 - Okay, I actually called last week.
00:46:15 I gave Mr. Tennack your message.
00:46:20 Okay. All right.
00:46:23 Thank you.
00:46:25 But he was yesterday's hero.
00:46:27 He even applied for a job
00:46:33 They said he wasn't qualified.
00:46:35 After working the factory with Pauline
00:46:38 but spent the rest of his life as a janitor.
00:46:43 But Ira...
00:46:45 Ira! You got a visitor.
00:46:50 Ira always made the news.
00:46:59 I could never find out why he did it,
00:47:46 He walked and hitched over 1,300 miles
00:47:50 from Arizona to Texas.
00:47:55 He found Harlon Block's father
00:47:59 His wife, Belle, had left him
00:48:04 She never forgave him
00:48:25 And Ira told him the truth,
00:48:29 that it had been his son
00:48:33 his son in the photograph.
00:48:37 And then
00:48:41 Though the flag-raising
00:48:45 he somehow knew
00:49:04 Thanks for calling.
00:49:10 Just as Belle knew all along.
00:49:22 The press soon found out
00:49:24 and called Hank's mom with the news
00:49:41 The last time they all saw each other
00:49:43 was at the unveiling
00:49:48 And even though he planted
00:49:51 Hank's mother and father
00:50:31 Ira.
00:50:45 It's good to see you, Ira.
00:50:55 Hell of a statue.
00:51:10 It wasn't long after that
00:51:14 The papers said he died of exposure.
00:51:32 It was about that same time
00:51:34 when my father got in his car
00:51:37 telling my mom he had something to do.
00:51:46 He drove to a town on the other side
00:52:00 Ever since
00:52:03 she'd been trying to find out
00:52:09 I never found out what he told her,
00:52:12 but I can pretty much guarantee
00:52:16 My mother would ask him
00:52:19 He would never say.
00:52:28 And every year,
00:52:31 the reporters would start calling
00:52:36 No, I'm sorry. He's fishing in Canada.
00:52:40 We were always instructed
00:52:42 Okay. Thanks.
00:52:48 When Mr. McCandless retired,
00:52:50 my father bought the funeral home
00:52:53 He spent the rest of his life running
00:53:46 He never spoke about the war
00:53:49 never told us anything.
00:53:52 The first time I heard any
00:54:13 Where is he? Oh, God.
00:54:18 He's not here, Dad.
00:54:20 He died.
00:54:24 Who? Who died?
00:54:27 Lggy.
00:54:30 Iggy.
00:54:33 Christ, poor lggy.
00:54:37 I hadn't thought of him for years.
00:54:42 How do you know about lggy?
00:54:44 You were calling for him,
00:54:53 I wasn't looking for lggy.
00:54:57 I was looking for you.
00:55:01 I wanted to...
00:55:06 I wanted to tell you
00:55:11 Talked to you more.
00:55:15 I just...
00:55:20 I'm sorry.
00:55:23 Sorry?
00:55:27 You were the best father
00:55:39 Did I ever tell you
00:55:48 No, Dad.
00:55:51 After we planted the flag,
00:55:56 and they let us swim.
00:56:00 It was the funniest thing.
00:56:03 All this fighting
00:56:06 and we were jumping around
00:56:13 That's the way I remember lggy now.
00:56:53 I finally came to the conclusion
00:56:57 Maybe there's no such thing as heroes.
00:57:00 Maybe there are just people
00:57:04 I finally came to understand
00:57:05 why they were so uncomfortable
00:57:09 Heroes are something we create,
00:57:18 It's a way for us to understand
00:57:22 how people could sacrifice
00:57:26 But for my dad and these men,
00:57:28 the risks they took,
00:57:31 they did that for their buddies.
00:57:34 They may have fought for their country,
00:57:38 For the man in front,
00:57:42 And if we wish to truly honor these men,
00:57:45 we should remember them
00:57:48 the way my dad remembered them.
00:58:31 Come on, Doc!