In the Sands of Iwo Jima movie, Sgt. Stryker (John Wayne) hands the flag over to three guys. Those guys were the actual flag raisers making a cameo appearance in the movie.
I didn’t know that but it’s not the flag in the picture. The second flag raising’s picture beat the first picture to the rear lines. It’s the picture everyone knows. Either way the island cost a hell of a lot of Marines. The real story beats the movie for what it really cost both sides.
“In the Sands of Iwo Jima movie, Sgt. Stryker (John Wayne) hands the flag over to three guys. Those guys were the actual flag raisers”
Early in the film, Colonel David Shoup has a bit role as an officer interrupting a fight between the John Wayne-Forrest Tucker characters. Colonel Shoup later served as Commandant of the Marine Corps, 1960-1963. Cameo appearance at films end by Rene Gagnon, Ira Hayes and John Bradley.
I thought most of the guys that were in that picture were killed?