

There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen - John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon and Pvt. Ira Hayes - who fought in the battle to take Iwo Jima from the Japanese.
October 19, 2006


A single shot can end the war.
There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen - John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon and Pvt. Ira Hayes - who fought in the battle to take Iwo Jima from the Japanese.

John 'Doc' Bradley

Rene Gagnon

Ira Hayes

Keyes Beech

Bud Gerber

Mike Strank

Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski

Hank Hansen

Colonel Chandler Johnson

Captain Severance

Pauline Harnois

James Bradley
Released
October 19, 2006
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