[tongue-tied]

...that turned the island into a flattened wasteland.

First of all, it didn't. Or at least several years later it wasn't; maybe the mountain regrew before we went there for several FCLP detachments.

Second: Please tell me this isn't going to be some sort of anti-war flick from Eastwood. The battle is legendary. I'd hate to see it become belittled somehow.

[brazzaville]

Good evening.
"Please tell me this isn't going to be some sort of anti-war flick from Eastwood."

It doesn't really matter what message Eastwood means to send. He's a great movie maker and well crafted antiwar movies often turn out to be great war movies.

It's got to be next to impossible to warp the story of those brave Marines who raised the flag away from what they did, and you can look on the bright side: 21 thousand Japanese are going to get killed.

Michael Frazier