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* AFateWorseThanDeath: It's arguable that the surviving flag raisers had it worse off than the ones who died in battle. Ira can never escape his unwanted fame and PTSD and becomes an alcoholic, dying at the age of 32, while Rene lives the rest of his life as a high school janitor. Even Doc prefers never to speak of Iwo Jima again.
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** In 2019 it was revealed that Rene Gagnon wasn't on the the photograph as well. Pfc. Harold Keller, who died in 1979 (conveniently the same year as Rene), has been mistaken for Rene.
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* AFateWorseThanDeath: It's arguable that the surviving flag raisers had it worse off than the ones who died in battle. Ira can never escape his unwanted fame and PTSD and becomes an alcoholic, dying at the age of 32, while Rene lives the rest of his life as a high school janitor. Even Doc prefers never to speak of Iwo Jima again.
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* TheQuietOne: Ira Hayes' father, who was the type who didn't speak unless spoken to. He could apparently go for days without speaking.
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* GoshDangItToHeck: Doc Bradley almost never swore. The worst he ever said was "Dad gum".
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** In 2019 it was revealed that Rene Gagnon wasn't on the the photograph as well. Pfc. Harold Keller, who died in 1979, has been mistaken for Rene.
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** In 2019 it was revealed that Rene Gagnon wasn't on the the photograph as well. Pfc. Harold Keller, who died in 1979, 1979 (conveniently the same year as Rene), has been mistaken for Rene.
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* TheFellowshipHasEnded: The unveiling of the Iwo Jima statue in November 1954 marks the last time that the three surviving flag raisers would be together. Ira dies two months later.
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* DatedHistory: Recent research has revealed that Doc isn't actually in the famous photograph of the second flag raising, though he was assigned to the same platoon and was present at the first flag raising (the same squad raised both flags.) The man in the photograph previously misidentified as Doc Bradley was actually Pfc. Harold Schultz.
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* DatedHistory: Recent The 2016 research has revealed that Doc isn't actually in the famous photograph of the second flag raising, though he was assigned to the same platoon and was present at the first flag raising (the same squad raised both flags.) The man in the photograph previously misidentified as Doc Bradley was actually Pfc. Harold Schultz.Schultz.
** In 2019 it was revealed that Rene Gagnon wasn't on the the photograph as well. Pfc. Harold Keller, who died in 1979, has been mistaken for Rene.
** In 2019 it was revealed that Rene Gagnon wasn't on the the photograph as well. Pfc. Harold Keller, who died in 1979, has been mistaken for Rene.
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* DatedHistory: Recent research has revealed that Doc isn't actually in the famous photograph of the second flag raising, though he was assigned to the same platoon and was present at the first flag raising (the same squad raised both flags.) The man in the photograph previously misidentified as Doc Bradley was actually Pfc. Harold Schultz
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* DatedHistory: Recent research has revealed that Doc isn't actually in the famous photograph of the second flag raising, though he was assigned to the same platoon and was present at the first flag raising (the same squad raised both flags.) The man in the photograph previously misidentified as Doc Bradley was actually Pfc. Harold SchultzSchultz.
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* GossipEvolution: Doc suffered shrapnel wounds to his legs, which eventually turned into rumors that he'd lost his leg.
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* KillEmAll: Six men are in the photo (two in the back row). Of those six, three are later killed on Iwo Jima [[spoiler: Mike, Harlon and Frank]] and one severely wounded. The remaining three die years later.
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* RealLife/CoolBoat: The USS ''Texas'' (today a Museum ship) is shown as part of the pre-invasion bombardment force.
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* RealLife/CoolBoat: CoolBoat: The USS ''Texas'' (today a Museum ship) is shown as part of the pre-invasion bombardment force.
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* DeadGuyJunior: James Bradley, the author, was named for his grandfather James "Cabbage" Bradley, who died a month or two before the younger James was born.
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* HowlOfSorrow: In the book, when [[spoiler:Franklin Sousley's mother Goldie]] learned that her son was killed, she screamed all night and into the morning, with her screams heard a quarter-mile away.
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* HowlOfSorrow: In the book, when [[spoiler:Franklin Sousley's mother Goldie]] learned that her son was killed, she screamed all night and into the morning, with her morning. Her screams were heard a quarter-mile quarter of a mile away.
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* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Mike is characterized as a tough-as-nails, experienced squad leader who cares about his guys and wants to get them home alive. He is the first of flag raisers to get killed on Iwo Jima, (by friendly fire, no less) just to really telegraph to the audience how much of a slaughterhouse this battle is going to be before it is all finally over with.]]
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* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Mike is characterized as a tough-as-nails, experienced squad leader who cares about his guys and wants to get them home alive. He is the first of the flag raisers to get killed on Iwo Jima, (by friendly fire, no less) just to really telegraph to the audience how much of a slaughterhouse this battle is going to be before it is all finally over with.]]
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* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene: The bayoneting and setting on fire of Japanese soldiers. On the flip-side, Iggy's death.
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* RealLife/CoolPlane: The [=F4U=] Corsair fighter-bomber, which gets several scenes for itself before and during the beach landings.
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* CollateralDamage: [[spoiler:Mike was killed by friendly fire: a navy ship mistook him for a Japanese soldier and fired a shell that blew him open.]]
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* DiseaseBleach: When [[spoiler:Mrs. Strank learned that Mike was killed]], her hair went from coal-black to white in weeks.
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* {{Determinator}}: Ira traveled (walked, hitchhiked, etc.) almost 1000 miles from the Gila River reservation to Ed Block's home by the Rio Grande to prove that Harlon had indeed raised the flag.
* FlamethrowerBackfire: Discussed by a Marine flamethrower operator during the beach landings, but ultimately averted, as he survives the battle unscathed.
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* FlamethrowerBackfire: Discussed by a Marine flamethrower operator during the beach landings, but ultimately averted, as he survives the battle unscathed.
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* HowlOfSorrow: In the book, when [[spoiler:Franklin Sousley's mother Goldie]] learned that her son was killed, she screamed all night and into the morning, with her screams heard a quarter-mile away.
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* ForegoneConclusion: The Japanese stationed at the island cannot be reinforced, cannot be evacuated, don't have the supplies or the air and naval superiority that the Americans forces do, and are outnumbered approximately six to one. They lose.
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* RealityEnsues: The Japanese stationed at the island cannot be reinforced, cannot be evacuated, don't have the supplies or the air and naval superiority that the Americans forces do, and are outnumbered approximately six to one. They lose.
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The added artistic licence - economics is in the wrong place, moving to the correct spot. It is also better than the one I added many years ago, as well.
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* ArtisticLicenseEconomics: While numerous sources indicate that the [=WW2=] bond drives were successful at meeting (and beating) their targets, Bud Gerber's speech paints a United States teetering on its last legs. Whether he was simply working off inaccurate information himself, or deliberately lying to the flag-raisers to put a burr under their saddles is not clear.
-->'''Gerber:''' You know what they're calling this bond drive? The Mighty Seventh. They might've called it the "We're Flat Fucking Broke And Can't Even Afford Bullets So We're Begging For Your Pennies" bond drive, but it didn't have quite the ring. They could've called it that, though, because the last four bond drives came up so short we just printed money instead.
-->'''Gerber:''' You know what they're calling this bond drive? The Mighty Seventh. They might've called it the "We're Flat Fucking Broke And Can't Even Afford Bullets So We're Begging For Your Pennies" bond drive, but it didn't have quite the ring. They could've called it that, though, because the last four bond drives came up so short we just printed money instead.
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* ArtisticLicenseEconomics: Some of the statements Bud Gerber makes about the war bond drives and the availability of oil are simply wrong. That said, he may have been exaggerating for effect to get the reluctant trio of Ira, Rene, and Doc to keep supporting the bond drives by sticking to the narrative created in the popular consciousness in 1945.
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* ArtisticLicenseEconomics: While numerous sources indicate that the [=WW2=] bond drives were successful at meeting (and beating) their targets, Bud Gerber's speech paints a United States teetering on its last legs. Whether he was simply working off inaccurate information himself, or deliberately lying to the flag-raisers to put a burr under their saddles is not clear.
-->'''Gerber:''' You know what they're calling this bond drive? The Mighty Seventh. They might've called it the "We're Flat Fucking Broke And Can't Even Afford Bullets So We're Begging For Your Pennies" bond drive, but it didn't have quite the ring. They could've called it that, though, because the last four bond drives came up so short we just printed money instead.
-->'''Gerber:''' You know what they're calling this bond drive? The Mighty Seventh. They might've called it the "We're Flat Fucking Broke And Can't Even Afford Bullets So We're Begging For Your Pennies" bond drive, but it didn't have quite the ring. They could've called it that, though, because the last four bond drives came up so short we just printed money instead.
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* ActorAllusion: This isn't the first time Creator/AdamBeach played [[Film/{{Windtalkers}} a Native American serving in the United States Marine Corps during World War II]].
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* ArtisticLicenseEconomics: While numerous sources indicate that the [=WW2=] bond drives were successful at meeting (and beating) their targets, Bud Gerber's speech paints a United States teetering on its last legs. Whether he was simply working off inaccurate information himself, or deliberately lying to the flag-raisers to put a burr under their saddles is not clear.
-->'''Gerber:''' You know what they're calling this bond drive? The Mighty Seventh. They might've called it the "We're Flat Fucking Broke And Can't Even Afford Bullets So We're Begging For Your Pennies" bond drive, but it didn't have quite the ring. They could've called it that, though, because the last four bond drives came up so short we just printed money instead.
-->'''Gerber:''' You know what they're calling this bond drive? The Mighty Seventh. They might've called it the "We're Flat Fucking Broke And Can't Even Afford Bullets So We're Begging For Your Pennies" bond drive, but it didn't have quite the ring. They could've called it that, though, because the last four bond drives came up so short we just printed money instead.
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* TruthInTelevision: Possibly subverted in that more recent research has revealed that 'Doc' Bradley wasn't one of the flag raisers. Even the author of the book, Bradley's son, has accepted that while Bradley was there, he wasn't one of the six in the photo of the flag raising. All of which makes his silence after the war even more of a mystery - did he know? Or did he think it simply didn't matter?
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* RealFootageRecreation: The main characters recreate the famous IwoJimaPose during the second flag raising sequence, complete with the two photographers capturing and filming the scene InUniverse.
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* BlatantLies: Ira's attempts to deny he was in the photograph to Rene. Ira eventually just resorts to threatening him into staying quiet.