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Flags of Our Fathers

Flags of Our Fathers

A single shot can end the war.

6.86 - voted by 2014
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.

Cast

Ryan Phillippe poster

Ryan Phillippe

John 'Doc' Bradley

Jesse Bradford poster

Jesse Bradford

Rene Gagnon

Adam Beach poster

Adam Beach

Ira Hayes

John Benjamin Hickey poster

John Benjamin Hickey

Keyes Beech

John Slattery poster

John Slattery

Bud Gerber

Barry Pepper poster

Barry Pepper

Mike Strank

Jamie Bell poster

Jamie Bell

Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski

Paul Walker poster

Paul Walker

Hank Hansen

Robert Patrick poster

Robert Patrick

Colonel Chandler Johnson

Neal McDonough poster

Neal McDonough

Captain Severance

Melanie Lynskey poster

Melanie Lynskey

Pauline Harnois

Tom McCarthy poster

Tom McCarthy

James Bradley

Chris Bauer poster

Chris Bauer

Commandant Vandegrift

Judith Ivey poster

Judith Ivey

Belle Block

Myra Turley poster

Myra Turley

Madeline Evelley