Flags of Our Fathers | Pillboxes at the Battle of Iwo Jima | Warner Classics

[@jesusislord-ht1nj]

Nice to see Jackson made it out of the bell tower and went straight to the Pacific to get some.

[@GianroccoFoti-xd2ir]

Everything is possible.....

[@wonkylommiter6364]

Thought it was him! 'My shield, and he in whom I trust'.

[@TheLochs]

Yes, a true patriot. lol

[@miliba]

He and Tom Sizemore are in every American war movie

[@cmpaintball131]

Even superman wouldn't have made it out of that bell tower..

[@eaglesightz]

My father fought in the Aleutians Islands off Alaska with the 7th Infantry Division and after that fought in the Pacific campaign during WW2. He was wounded by shrapnel along the way but survived the war. He passed away at a ripe old age of 102 in 2019 before COVID. I miss my old man.. RIP dad.

[@Gopniksquat]

RIP to your father

[@ClarkHerkes]

@@eaglesightz There is a Reason why these Men and Women are Called The Greatest Generation. And your Father and Mine are Prefect Examples of that Generation ! 🙏

[@Baseballnfj]

Wow... a Battle of Attu veteran. The scope of WW2 was amazingly vast

[@Vince-ml9gw]

@@eaglesightz 🇺🇸

[@Eyepoke42]

that's pretty crazy! it was only like a year ago I even knew the japanese made it that far! and i never even realized how big of a battle happened around there!

[@1954hoser]

MY father had been an alcoholic,when he passed away in 77 we found his 5th Marine Division year book,like clint's movies,the storys in it,in my heart I have forgiven my father after seeing what those young men in their 20s went through.I will never forget,my son and two grandson will never forget,I taught them to hug a lady when first meeting them and to shake a veterans hand and thank them for their freedom. I am sadden by the events that are unfolding now a days ,but my flag always flys high in their memories. TECH Sgt Andy W Anderson jr United States Combat Marine awarded the bronze star,survivor of the Battle Of Iwo Jima and the occupation of the enemy homeland. Sempri fi

[@LUC66631]

SEMPER FI from Semper fidelis , BELLEND 🙄🙄👎👎👎👎

[@CefaCat]

You should be very proud

[@ww2remembered983]

@@CefaCat I am proud and will not vote for a fascist who will destroy American democracy.

[@evilcarlonis9015]

War is hell on earth my grandpa was in a german elite recon unit he survived poland, france, stalingrad, kursk and Italy gain a knight cross and never had a serious wound but lost all his family (only one cousin survived the war) he suffered from ptsd all his life never recovered from the thing he saw and did to survive.

[@simoncampbell3144]

Youdidnt have to say he was an alcoholic you should have just respected him

[@MilitarySummaryChannel2024]

*I had a great uncle, born in 1926, who went to France in 1944 in the US Army. He sent a letter before he left to my grandmother, his sister, who was only 9 at the time. That was the last time they ever heard from him. His body/dog tags were never recovered and my family never knew what happend to him. He just disappeared into history. My grandmother is still alive and has dementia now, but her long term memories are still intact and she brings him up all the time now. She talks about how her parents were never the same again after that.*

[@leonardoronsaye470]

😭😭

[@blattspitze]

A friend of mine is a professional digging for US-Soldiers in Europe with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, they do find quite a number of these men every year.

[@rorschach-]

😭😭😭😭😭

[@heyyuyeung8729]

I am very sorry. No parents should ever have to suffer the loss of their child.

[@Metalx2etTitoux]

Hey man, i live in France and studied history in university, maybe i could help you find some informations about your great uncle. Send me a dm if interested

[@ClarkHerkes]

My Father was a Pilot in the South Pacific Campaign. He flew Supplies and Paratroopers to Needed areas. He was the Second Plane to land in Japan after they Surrendered. He Lived until September 1/st 2014 at 91 years old . He still Drove and took care of everything at his Age . He didn’t talk much about his Experience in the War and I never asked him much about it . He worked till he was 88 , He was Truly a great Man and I Love and miss him Dearly .

[@rorschach-]

I thank him for his service. Great man❤

[@holywells]

I salute your father !!

[@Canadianvoice]

They all tell stories of "positive instentive" yet America commited many crimes herself.

[@lawrenceneuenii3564]

🙏🙏🙏

[@wishicouldshowmyname5815]

I have a grandfather that did the same. He lived to 98. As him, he never talked about it. Real men. I respect him and my gramp for the ultimate proof of service, they loved us to never share it.

[@Corristo89]

The eerie quiet just before all hell breaks loose is so much more impactful when watching "Letters from Iwo Jima" where we get to see the Japanese side of the battle, Kuribayashi telling all of his men to hold fire until the Americans are piled up on the beach and moving forward. Clint Eastwood created cinematic history when he went the extra mile to show audiences both sides of the conflict, something we rarely get. Usually it's just one side's view that's shown with the other's only thrown in as an extra for the good side to contrast against.

[@natetendencia]

Both flag of our fathers and letters from Iwo jima are among the best world war 2 movies

[@benjaminkruger420]

Yeah, but it's a factual inaccurate view.

[@LordVader1094]

​@@benjaminkruger420So is anything that's not a documentary.

[@keithyork8226]

In my view, “Letters from Iwo Jima” is the superior film.

[@JJ_5289]

@@keithyork8226 Letters definitely flows better as a movie. Interesting to see how compared to other japanese military leaders of the time, Kuribayashi showed a lot of humanity. Genuinely cared for his family back home. Felt he had to do his duty for his country, even though he disagreed with the mission and disagreed with the war in general. Was known to regularly visit wounded soldiers and didnt treat his men as expendable. I'm not sure he was a great guy, but the conflict was not completely black and white

[@GusOfTheDorks]

Ive got "Letter from Iwo Jima." Watching them both back to back is......surreal. Really puts alot of things in perspective.

[@Ralphieboy]

Outstanding films, both

[@karimacoco6451]

Yah they were recorded at the same time. same studio

[@MultiDigitalCoder-he7wp]

one thing that is mostly not told is how this war was engineered from within the U.S. that originally scammed Japan into having a war with them, giving them no choice. The U.S. government had traitors working on behalf of the zionists and communists. Lots to be researched...

[@ianmangham4570]

Hope is the mother of all men.

[@altoncrane9714]

Me too, every word.

[@jamesbrown9736]

Barry Pepper in “Saving Pvt Ryan” “Flags Of Our Fathers”, and “We Were Soldiers.” Iconic!!!

[@andyl9976]

Letters from Iwo Jima, another movie from Japan Empire side

[@Tiku-]

It would’ve been a funny easter egg had it been Tom Sizemore instead 😂 yk since he goes around gathering different country’s soils so it would make sense to see him across multiple deployments and theatres.

[@fishing569]

Barry Pepper is the Fess Parker of War Movies!

[@carlparnell9299]

Barry gets around. Make that money.

[@raise_the_black1]

@@Tiku- He fills a little tub of black Iwo sand, looks up at Mt. Suribachi, yells to his men "We're in business!".

[@PABeaulieu]

I do not want to excuse any japanese atrocity here, but I think we have to admit that Tadamichi Kuribayashi, the japanese general in charge of the defense of Iwo Jima, did an excellent job to prepare the island for the american invasion. He knew from the beginning that he and his troops were doomed, but he did not waste them in useless banzai charges. Holland Smith, a U.S. Marine Corps General, said of Kuribayashi that "Of all our adversaries in the Pacific, Kuribayashi was the most redoubtable." We can understand it by watching the two Clint Eastwood movie about it.

[@JackTorres217]

What is the other Clint Eastwood movie you’re referring to?

[@PABeaulieu]

@@JackTorres217 "Letters from Iwo Jima".

[@andrewstackpool4911]

What atrocity?

[@DC_10]

​@@andrewstackpool4911 Agree. It's a war for God's sake.

[@nambui9254]

​@andrewstackpool4911 everything the japanese army did to civillians and pows in their occupying territories, maybe pay a little bit more attention to your history class then you will know

[@josephgrosso8731]

No wonder Ira Hayes drank himself to death! What these young Marines experienced is mind boggling!! RIP all these men!!!

[@triggerfish999]

Brit here: Clint is one fine American and an absolute hero of mine. What a clever (dare I suggest genius) film maker he is.

[@Hansprivate]

Not just and actor and director. He also has an Oscar as a composer too. As a producer and director he is well known for bringing in films ahead of schedule and under budget. I don’t know if the term genius does him justice.

[@sammyfabelman]

Produced By Steven Spielberg. And Spielberg had purchased the film rights for himself, but when Eastwood expressed interest in the project, he gave Eastwood the directing job.

[@MikSF123]

True Hero's....the utmost respect to these guys and what they did. No generation will live up to the generation of those days...True Warriors

[@patpending8134]

Heroes.

[@pseudotatsuya]

How the hell these barbaric invadors can become heros?

[@JG-vz1jh]

WTH? Are you serious? Japan started the war, foolishly hoping the US wouldn’t want to fight, knowing they didn’t have the resources to really win. Little silly to complain when you, indeed, lose spectacularly.

[@Canadianvoice]

Those Japanese soldiers standing up agaisnt corrupt capitalism. Yeah man I agree they are heroes.

[@Canadianvoice]

​@@JG-vz1jhMatthew Perry started Japanese imperialism if anyone is to blame for Japanese aggression it's America. Much like Nazi Germany was Britian.

[@bendbadgersteve]

No greater bravery. Those men on both sides went through absolute hell but, in particular, the U.S. Marines. Remarkable how well produced and accurate this movie.

[@ugn495]

アメリカ海兵隊って第二次世界大戦時全ての戦線に送り込まれてたよね？

[@belladonnahigh9206]

@@ugn495 no, eastern front was all Russia vs Germany, though Russia did get a lot of equipment from Americans, that is never mentioned somehow.

[@ugn495]

​@@belladonnahigh9206この時ロシアが敵国になるとも知らずに？

[@Masada1911]

@@ugn495US marines were just in the pacific

[@AnhVu-ey7di]

@@belladonnahigh9206 they don't use american equipments in battlefield just only for research n training, except for trucks

[@matthewplymale8696]

To my grandfather who served and was in that battle of iwo jima along with each and every veteran, Thank you is not enough ..He lived long life into 90's but I understand now the stories ive been told and reason he never spoke of it untill literallly days from his deatb whenhe knew he was getting called home.....

[@Eric_Von_Yesselstyn]

A man that we hunted with for many years named Bob, was on Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima... He said all the Sergeants that hit the beach were dead within a couple of hours, usually after a half an hour of hitting the beach most likely, he never saw one. Being exposed, giving orders, having to get men moving, he said they were all gone... I forget on what island he got shot but he said he couldn't breathe hardly at all and some Marine rolled him over on his chest and it stopped his sucking chest wound, sometime later he was discovered, still alive and taken to a hospital ship. He said they would knock out a machine gun nest but not be able to advance and the Japanese would run right back into them.. He said nobody would give him anymore grenades, they were like gold. He also said that they didn't take prisoners, it wasn't going to happen, none of them were going to get taken back for questioning, there was no point and no regrets. He was a really good man and we all miss him. God rest his soul.

[@joecorcilles2231]

Very few marines were on Saipan, Tinian, AND Iwo. And all them were in the 4th Marine Division, Bob's division. RIP BOB! and thank you for your anecdote sir

[@pho3nix-]

The U.S learned their lessons with that in Vietnam, never exposing the officers too much.

[@CascadianPatriotII]

3:50 When the .50s are being used for plunging fire, you just _know_ how bad the situation is.

[@theusher2893]

Ma Deuce sings beautifully though.

[@ソミー]

日本とアメリカ両軍の戦死者に哀悼の意を示します。 かつて争った国同士であっても同盟国になれたことに感謝します。

[@ContraryBbwewf-zy4je]

We are thankful as well. We express our condolences to all that were lost during this historic era.

[@Dr.5Ag0]

Ok j@p

[@RAD1111able]

Just admit you did horrible things instead of dodging responsibility whenever this subject comes up.

[@ContraryBbwewf-zy4je]

@@RAD1111able how are they dodging responsibility?

[@Mixer2904]

@@ContraryBbwewf-zy4je simple they negate their war crimes especially towards the chinesse and even towards americans remember bataan death march, they omit everything about war crimes from their history books and even today japan has not apologized for all bad things they did during ww2 instead they are trying to make themselves a victim of atomic bombing.

[@allgood6760]

It must have been terrifying!... we have a USMC memorial near me when they trained here in NZ... history never to be forgotten 🇳🇿

[@redt7452]

Pretty sure the average age of a marine on Iwo Jima was like 18 or 20. RIP to all those boys man. Such a frightening feet to accomplish and those lost never got to see it.

[@simonp2465]

5:06 that bloke gets around D Day in 1944 and Iwo Jima in February 1945.

[@anantachonnambat6701]

Dude actually survived that tank's round and wake up just in time to join the marine.

[@ww2remembered983]

@@anantachonnambat6701 Huh? Oh right....never mind. Clueless idiots of the internet. They think movies are real and actors should never play more than one role!

[@SuperAshahzad]

@@ww2remembered983bro it’s a joke LMAO this same bloke was seen taking war pics as a frontline reporter in Vietnam crazy amirite 🥴

[@OrangPasien]

Stranger things have happened. William Leverette USAAC achieved aerial victories against German, Italian, and Japanese aircraft which required combat in the Mediterranean and Pacific. He became an Ace in a Day (7) with a total score of 11 at wars end. He even shot down an American transport to prevent them from landing on a Japanese held island. Yes, everyone survived.

[@robertmartin6180]

So I went in the Navy in 1984. One of my friends in high school went in the Navy the same year he was a Corman and he worked with the Marines. The Marines absolutely loved him and he stayed in the whole time 20 years. They called him doc and they knew that he would die before he ever let one of them die and that was a camaraderie that just can’t be beat. I couldn’t wait to get out along with most of my friends. We only did four years, but he stayed the whole time Because those were his men.

[@Russellw.-rm5zb]

My mother's oldest sister was married to two Marines, her 1st husband, Dave Randall, was on Iwo Jima. I never heard him talk about it, but I was a young kid, at the time. Her 2nd husband, Pete Nazarro, had been on Guadalcanal. From what I heard, all he would say was, basically, if it wasn't from being shelled, every night, by the Japanese Navy, bombed from the air, attacked by the Japanese on the ground, the malaria, the dysentery, " We thought we'd eventually just starve to death"!

[@josephking6515]

Where was it when the Navy sent water ashore for the Marines in 55 gallon fuel drums that hadn't been properly cleaned and all the desperately needed water was tainted and undrinkable?

[@kenfix2740]

Ya in Gene Sledge's book "With the old breed" . dont remember which island...

[@MJ573-f1h]

My Great Uncle Pete, 3rd Marine Division combat engineer, fought at Iwo Jima after combat at Bougainville and Guam. I remember him saying that he never ran so much in his life trying to stay alive with everything raining down. Years later he went back to visit Guam, where he had helped liberate the island and people, but had no interest to return to Iwo Jima. The US suffered more casualties, dead, wounded, missing, in the Battle for Iwo Jima than the Japanese did, the only battle like that in the Pacific War.

[@WaldirRodrigues-y5k]

Se temos o mundo livre, e graças esses JOVENS soldados, obrigado 🇧🇷🇺🇲🇮🇱

[@finnie9223]

My grandfather was a flamethrower man with the 3rd Marine Division that was sent in several days after the initial landing. If i remember correctly, they were stuck trolling around in LVTs off the coast of Iwo for hours because the beach was so jammed with wounded and destroyed equipment. He fought on Guadalcanal with the 1st as a machinist, then was transferred for some reason to the 3rd, and was voluntold to be a flamethrower operator. He fought on Bougainville, Guam, then Iwo, where he took a bullet to the head. Luckily he was only hit in the very outside corner of his eye. The shot missed his brain and didnt blind him, but was enough of a wound to get him off the island. On a slightly more lighthearted note, my grandpa allegedly carried a chrome plated 45 for most of the war. Flamethrower operators were issued 1911s. his cousin worked in the chroming department of Buick, so he shipped his the upper and lower frame of the 1911 to him to have it chrome plated. After Japan had surrendered my grandpa was on the way back to the US. He was planing on sneaking the chrome 1911 home with him but got nervous and threw it overboard after hearing over the intercom that all bags would be thoroughly checked for contraband. As the story goes, when they went to get their bags checked, all the “inspectors” did was kick them. Its a pretty grand tale, but its too fun for me to not believe. Plus, his cousin really did work in the chroming department of Buick, so its entirely possible. And before any of you say theres no way he could send pieces of a pistol through the mail, TWICE, and not get caught, he sent a whole Japanese type 99 machine gun home in pieces. I know that story is true because we have photos of it before it burned in the house fire. The type 99 was made inert by the local police so it would be legal, and my dad used to run around the neighborhood with it playing war.

[@robertpontisso4953]

My uncle fought on Iwo Jima and was wounded by mortar frag on D plus 14 he lost his arm to gangrene and passed away at 97 years old.

[@danhunts2012]

Whose side was he on

[@johnmunro4952]

Hahaha!

[@jamesshand4116]

Was he all right?

[@francescoruggiero7140]

​@@danhunts2012 Carthaginian, for sure..

[@paulpisano8538]

The one thing left out of the movie is john basilone the hero at Guadalcanal was killed here.

[@pvtjohntowle4081]

He is in well covered in " The Pacific" surely you have this on either DVD or Bluray? Go get it brother.

[@nambui9254]

​@@pvtjohntowle4081sure he is well covered there, but it would have been nice to see him get potrayed in this movie

[@CliffordJunior-rd3df]

The Americans are very friendly to Guadalcanal people during the invasion period but they hate the Japanies because they’re cruel and occupied us for no reason,even American Former president JF Kennedy was resque by our local Solomon Islanders.American is our big brother🇺🇸🇸🇧

[@amusedmarine7402]

Indeed, Basilone was an amazing and tragic story to come out of Iwo Jima however, THIS movie was to highlight the story behind the 6 men who raised the flag on Mt. Suribachi

[@DanWint]

The gretest generation, never to come again, in our life time, I knew one who landed in the first wave, still gives me chills, to hear him back on the beach.

[@jamesgotte4552]

It's nice to see Brian O'Connor in this film. Rest in peace, Paul Walker 🙏

[@gangoffour6690]

The greatest men that ever lived. Our country will never see brave men like this again. They don't make them any more.

[@garchompenthusiast]

You'd see them immediately if another war on this scale began. These men weren't born heroes, they were forced into it by forces greater than themselves.

[@Strathclydegamer]

That’s some way to offend those who served in Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan, Iraq…

[@洪諒]

these men were sent to war and died mostly, you should be glad "thye don't make them any more", cus i don't think you want world war 3

[@scottsbaitsandtackle]

Color TV of the 60's I watched this when it was originally on. I was born in 1960. I started my military journey with the Marine Corps in 1978 and ended it in the Army in 1991 after Desert Storm!

[@VC30577]

Truly the greatest generation.

[@BonerGrowingPains]

No. Civil War generation suffered more and had to rebuild a broken nation. They didn't get to return home to reap the benefits of a fully functioning superpower.

[@a.j.garrett9639]

We all live on the same planet with enough of Everything for everyone. More science and natural resources than anyone could ask for. And yet THIS. There's no glory in this.

[@あかささたなはまやらわ]

日本軍の状況を身において考えると想像を絶する事でしょう。島の周りは敵の艦隊で埋め尽くされ、援護なしの中、残された弾薬、武器、水、食料を持って戦わなければならなかった。日本軍の勇気に感銘を受けます。

[@SuburbanProprane]

Definetly an incredibly scary situation for both sides. You're probably right, I'm sure it was even scarier for the Japanese forces knowing they were gonna have to fight till the last man standing. Good thing we're all friends now

[@AnhVu-ey7di]

japanese don't surrender

[@matthoskin3572]

Easily on par with Saving Private Ryan!..... both Letters, and Flags are up there with the best of WW2 pacific movies!

[@sammyfabelman]

Produced By Steven Spielberg. And Spielberg had purchased the film rights for himself, but when Eastwood expressed interest in the project, he gave Eastwood the directing job.

[@jtukko]

Watched both Clint`s movies back to back, absolutely harrowing tales of reality.

[@ww2remembered983]

Yeah, good for you. Now, don't forget WHY WW2 was fought, okay?

[@Nightdiver20]

@@ww2remembered983 Pray tell, why was WW2 fought?

[@blancahoward4477]

God Bless our military and veterans and us all 🙏❤️🇺🇸

[@Jet-xk7ss]

My step father served in WWII was captured. Spent two years as POW. Subjected to brutal beatings forced to live on cabbage. Stayed in service and fought in Korean war. after the Korean War, he started drinking and became an alcoholic we didn’t know about post traumatic stress in those days he got no treatment we didn’t understand and sneaked out during the night to get away from him . I lost all my childhood books and clothes, but mom had to get away from him as he was getting violent The last interaction I had with him was at in the backyard of my uncle where he showed up drunk and told my husband that we had slept together. I, at the time didn’t know what he said to my husband, and only found out about it quite a time later. That was my last enter interaction with him. He ended up in a rental, and drank himself to death. I think a lot of vets experience the same thing.

[@ThomasOldenburg-h8c]

Overwhelmed by the brutality, God bless our veterans!

[@mathieucreton9940]

Barry Pepper was so iconic in Saving Private Ryan that I forgot he played in Flags of our fathers too.

[@cesarborja1064]

Pvt. Jackson

[@potatosoup6960]

He's also Joseph L. Galloway in We Were Soldiers

[@nomaambundy9989]

Always come back to war movies and the history of American fighting men. Almost felt cheated when I served that I never really put my life on the line for an ideal as worthy as America. Now as a man I read the accounts of the soldiers who prayed with every breath for peace and life after war and realize that their sacrifice has granted me a good life in safety, with a full belly and the ability to stress over events that truly do not matter. God bless our fighting men living and dead, may their sacrifice not have been in vain.

[@IanClements-l5m]

Very good movie along with the Sands of Iwo Jima . Told from the Japanese side . My full respects to all Marine and Navy men who fought there

[@ELEKTRA-STARS-74]

Avancer à découvert 😱😱😱 heureusement c'est un film 📽🎬

[@mbaxter22]

Best representation of Iwo Jima that I have yet seen. I’m gonna have to watch this movie now.

[@randalhampton2966]

My very loved father was in the south pacific right after iwo jima and the only survivor of his unit..caught malaria and was put on the ship - I think at Tinian. He was my hero - the GREATEST generation

[@loracle6051]

So great war scene ! So close to the reality of the fights in pacific zone !

[@evancrum6811]

This movie and the Japanese perspective is excellent.

[@gilbertlopez183]

Would you feel the same way about the Nazis if there were movies from their perspective? I think not

[@AvaravasAvavutis]

​@@gilbertlopez183 well, then try to watch "Generetion War", a German mini series abaout WW2. It's pretty good though.

[@andrewhorsfall317]

Flamethrower carriers had gigantic stones.

[@craigthescott5074]

My great uncle Sgt Virgil Scott was in a tracked quartermaster battalion. He was driving and ammunition truck on a pacific island in WW2 and was hit, the truck blew up, his wife was sent his burnt watch and he received the bronze star, what was left of him was buried were he fell and he was re-buried at the Pacific war memorial in Honolulu Hawaii in the 1950’s.

[@larry1824]

Great film on all levels

[@gabrieldjatienza6971]

Still trying to process memory...Clint Eastwood directed this movie!!

[@theScotian24]

..Why are films that were made 20+ years ago THIS much better, despite having a small fraction of the audio/visual/tech capabities of today. Its really VERY telling.

[@DafuqModeOn]

practical effects

[@worldwarIIstori]

Amazing depiction of the intense challenges faced at Iwo Jima. The visuals and storytelling really bring history to life!

[@geod3589]

My dad was in this invasion, he was in the Navy aboard and LST. He told me about watching the battleships shell the mountain, and how balls of fire would roll down the mountain.

[@bucko9094]

1979 on a job I had a Marine WW2 veteran walk up to Me and tell Me of seeing my great uncle Jack while fighting on Iwo . Freakin heroes and men among men

[@manupego4134]

God bless our troops🦅🇺🇸

[@Canadianvoice]

Lol. Commited countless crimes ie: killing pows, erasing history because they "won"

[@MC-so6bz]

Barry Pepper fought the Germans and the Japanese!

[@FewWords87]

I see Pvt Jackson, I'm clicking.

[@Jelle1880]

Fine, I'll watch Flags of Our Fathers again.

[@JohnSchafer-rs2nh]

Remember, the Japanese had 2-3 yrs to get ready and imagine if they would had air and naval resources 😮

[@Terrosaurus]

i know, it was such a slog with naval and aviation SUPREMACY (not superiority) and i think this is the only battle where the americans lost more dead than the japanese ? that might be wrong because everything i read - its US casualties vs japanese dead its arguable the landing might not have been possible if the JPN navy and aircraft were able to contest still think the whole pacific war was a curb stomp though, in favour of the USA

[@simonnot8487]

@@Terrosaurus There was debate as to the island would have been earlier captured around 1944 had the US Command decided to bypass and isolate Peleliu instead of capturing the it. By then Kuribayashi would have just landed on the island or never manage to get there in time. Even if the IJN forces there heeded quickly to the Japanese assessments and recommendations of sticking to foritified tunnels and bunkers instead of beachhead defenses after the Battle of Saipan, US Marines would endure Peleliu level losses instead of Iwo Jima level losses.

[@sfbenji]

@@Terrosaurus US had more casualties but the Japanese had far more dead. Nearly the entire 21,000 Japanese garrison on the island was completely wiped out while almost 7,000 Americans died. I don't say that proudly or anything, the Japanese fought bravely in a incredibly desperate situation.

[@lookupthereupinthetrees9860]

It's hard to imagine being that terrified. I remember an interview with a soldier who said that to get through it, he worked on the reasonable assumption that he was dead already; all hope was lost, and that took some of the tension out of the situation. There's no hope, so you needn't bother clinging to any.

[@stevenm3823]

My late Uncle Bill (passed away 12/24/12) was wounded on Iwo during the first hours of the invasion..a severe leg and back wound he nearly died from...I always wondered about the Japanese machine gunner who shot him ...what was his name?...how old was he?...was he married?...where was he from in Japan?...was this his first battle?...how did he die on Iwo?....questions I'll never get an answer to but I'm glad his aim was just a bit off the day his life and my uncle's life intersected for that split second on the morning of Feb 19, 1945.

[@amalgam0794]

日本人として、あなたが生まれたこと、あなたの叔父が家族と過ごせたことに感謝させてください。 現在、日米両国が良好な関係でいられることはなによりの喜びです。 あの時代に硫黄島で戦ったすべての将兵とその家族に、魂の安らぎがあることを願います。 日本語で申し訳ありません。

[@GSeward]

Our grandfathers fought so hard to end fascism. And their children, boomers, brought it alllll back.

[@IdleWorker]

Thats because they didnt understand back then that fascism was just conservative nationalism. It never left.

[@tbd-1]

We'll never learn the lessons of the past. We came so close, but history repeats.

[@ssvd91]

@@IdleWorker Um no. Thats just what the liberal globalist left would like everyone to believe. Whom act much more fascistic(tyrannical) in the curtailing of free speech and other intrinsic liberties than any national conservative today.

[@JG-vz1jh]

@Gseward Have some goddamn respect for the victims of actual fascism rather than self-pity for yourself for what…? Abortion being a state issue??. Respectfully, shut it. Or don’t, and sound like a whiny pompous fool. Idc. It is, contrary to your premise, a free country.

[@Walker-ow7vj]

Nah you really think ya grandfathers would’ve voted for a black women? They’d also wouldn’t vote for the party that embarrassed us in Afghanistan bro. And no fascism isn’t back calling it the same as nationalism is just crazy brah

[@Baseballnfj]

"Each day we learned of new ways to die" Iwo was hell on earth.

[@marryjaneLumakwas-qp1cf]

Great movie ❤

[@rossgage9730]

I think Admiral Chester Nimitz said it best "Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue".

[@waluyocokrojoyo9782]

Film perang kesukaanku..❤

[@alixanxomidxujaev]

Name

[@edwardzarnowski5558]

Those M1s are kickass

[@ZAK31591]

Crazy how different things would have looked if the Japanese fought all their battles this intelligently instead of suicide charging directly into the nearest MG. The fact that Kuribayashi had to work so hard to keep his troops from throwing themselves away is wild.

[@Anonymous-e2u]

Kuribayashi was an excellent commander. The Japanese soldiers were excellent, but many of the Japanese commanders were too stupid and reckless. If there had been a commander with Kuribayashi's abilities on every battlefield, even if they would have lost, they might have been able to make the American army pay a higher price.

[@GjVj]

Gotta love those Corsairs.

[@a.j.garrett9639]

Young men dying for older men's ambition

[@uwillnevahno6837]

4:20 move move off the beach take cover. Someone lost their freshly trained 2nd LT.

[@hughbo52]

That was much more realistic than Saving Private Ryan. Helluva scene.

[@simoncampbell3144]

When saving private Ryan was made it was the most realistic so far , so you are talking bollocks

[@nilanjangupta763]

Well Private Jackson made it out the of European theatre to serve in the Pacific theatre.

[@amusedmarine7402]

I respectfully disagree in that BOTH battle scenes bring so much authenticity to light. Each one was filmed with a different intent, Ryan showed the up close personal experience of the beachhead where Flags showed a better overall concept of the initial landing.

[@sammyfabelman]

This is produced by Steven Spielberg. And Spielberg had purchased the film rights for himself, but when Eastwood expressed interest in the project, he gave Eastwood the directing job.

[@yeoulman]

A soldier who had been a 2 Ranger Regiment sniper became a brave marine on 5th marine Division. he must have served in Korean War and Vietnam war. I sincerely respect him from Korea..😅

[@disguy145]

The greatest generation in the history of mankind. No matter what happens in the future, this will still be the greatest until the end of our time.

[@BonerGrowingPains]

Complete nonsense. American Civil War generation suffered more and had to rebuild a broken nation. Men, women, and children all suffered. WW2 vets at least got to return to a powerful economy and country after destroying all international competition. American women during WW2 suffered relatively little compared to their foreign counterparts.

[@sixmax11]

great movie, my hearing was shot for a week after

[@edwardzarnowski5558]

Imagine real life

[@dancemunki]

War is hell. Those men were men of men.

[@ThomasHendrickson]

Loved the Corsair action :)

[@adamluong8483]

bro Private Jackson went from serving in the Army during D-Day to serving the Marines in Iwo Jima

[@ChristopherCase-l4j]

My great uncle Greda served in the pacific on a b-25 , his body was never recovered when his plane was shot down

[@MKmod-hp3lw]

BLESS THEM ALL

[@xavierrodriguez9306]

Although we Marines have always done our part in history since the pacific, no Marine generation since then has or will ever measure up to what these brave men did in the entire pacific. (And) the Army in Europe for that matter..

[@josephking6515]

Did the US Army not participate in the PTO then?

[@xavierrodriguez9306]

The US Army did participate in the pacific. As a matter of fact Gen. Douglas McArthur was the supreme commander of the the southern pacific, while Admiral Chester Nimitz commanded the central pacific.

[@Xyzabc998]

Apart from ropey CGI a far better depiction of war than the ham filled Midway, Pearle Harborre and Hacksaw Ridge.

[@Phil-s4u]

My papa was a ww2 pilot. Never really looked into it or got to ask him about it cuz i was like 6 when he passed away. His name was Elmer Hemby.

[@hickmantn]

My mother's younger brother was there with a light artillery battery in the 5th Marine Division. I regret that he died fairly young and while I was living far away from home and I never got a chance to talk with him about it.

[@ultrajd]

The sheer amount of discipline that the Japanese troops had to wait for the beach to become clogged with Marines and equipment before firing is impressive.

[@eduardotorquato7766]

Boa tarde a todos! Por gentileza alguém pode me dizer o nome deste filme . Grato por a atenção de todos! Deus abençoe sempre 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@charliep5139]

After action reports showed that the Japanese only really feared one weapon and only one weapon was effective at clearing out caves and bunkers: the flamethrower Also, I've read, that just like napalm, you don't have to be affected by the flame for it to affect you. I've heard it reported that the flame sucks all the oxygen out of the area causing asphyxia/making you run out of the area to get air.

[@bluefire37]

bu videodan görüpte izledim. adamların paralarını çıkartamaması enteresan. Çok kaliteli bir yapım olmasa da hakkını vermemişler.

[@ManiacsSon]

It was a good movie, but he overdid the grey pallet, and shouldnt have cast Barry due to SPR. Letters From Iwo, on the other hand, is a straight up masterpiece and one of the top 5 movies ever made.

[@charlessaint7926]

My Grandfather's uncle, Cpl William Lee McMillan, was a POW of the Japanese. He, and the rest of the 4th Marine Regiment, were captured on Corregidor Island in May 1942. He survived as was rescued in February 1945 at Old Bilibid Prison, Manila. By then he lost his vision from ulcers and Malaria paraylzed him from the waist down. He returned to the States, through surgery and physical rehabilitation he recovered some of his eyesight and could shuffle walk. He was never the same physically or mentally. According to family, he would lock himself away in the basement for days on end, drinking. He only had one marriage that was brief, and one child who died within a year. Compounding problems, Uncle Bill's nephew, my Grandfather, comes home with a Japanese bride! Grandpa served in the Pacific at the tail end of WWII, and was later part of the Occupation Forces of Japan. He married a Japanese nurse, they had a son, my father, and came home to Pennsylvania. Oh, boy. The family was split. According to my father, Grandpa's family was either cold or hostile. The exception was, surpringly, Uncle Bill himself. Grandma could remember him in her old age, calling him a quiet and dignified man, who never spoke ill of her, called her names, blamed her for what happened, or even raise his voice. The war was still there as he wouldn't stay in the same room with her for very long. Uncle Bill died before I was born. I really wish I met him. I did get ahold of his service records, and he was a colorful guy. Twice he was court-martialed; once for being AWOL, or UA, for fifteen minutes. The other for being drunk on parade. Remember that scene in The Pacific, where the Marines return from leave and one of them face planets on the field? That's how I imagine Uncle Bill was like. How did he survive nearly three years as a POW of the Japanese, I don't know. Maybe men back there were made of stronger stuff.

[@robthebold4589]

5:06 Isn't that Pvt. Jackson from Saving Private Ryan? He was a left handed sniper in that movie. Here, he's right handed with an M1 Carbine.

[@sammywestenberger9303]

Amen 🙏

[@JigglyJerry]

isn’t that the actor from saving private ryan? 5:07

[@mikewalsh511]

Saving Private Ryan part II is awesome

[@StephenLuke]

9:30 Skywalker explosion sound!

[@Majorhavoktv]

The real life heroes of WW2 are dying off at an alarming rate, please thank those heroes if you know one in real life. We live in freedom because of the sacrifices of our veterans. God Bless The USA!

[@freelancerxi7075]

Not really alarming, the ones still with us are 100+ years old. Still, I agree with your general message.

[@AB-mw8oz]

They're dying because they're old... an 18 year old that fought on Okinawa or in the Rhine campaign in 1945 would have been born 1926-1927 making them 97-98 years old.

[@bonsaw57]

Why are the Amtrak’s backwards when dropping the troops off? Did anyone notice that? Amtrak rolls up, gates in back open, marines roll out, that’s normal. Watch the first couple minutes and the amtraks leaving the beach have clearly done a 180

[@SaucyTUX]

such a underrated movie

[@Monteverde81]

BRUTAL...!