History Film / FlagsOfOurFathers

* CelebrityIsOverrated: Ira just wants to be a simple, anonymous marine. Sadly, Rene is pressured into naming him as one of the flag raisers, and he is pulled from the war and shipped home.

* ValueDissonance: While it may seem like an overreaction on Ira's part threatening to kill Rene if the latter told anyone he was in the picture and incomprehensible why he wouldn't take any excuse to go home, in Pima culture seeking recognition is highly discouraged.

* BrokenPedestal: While clearly shocked seeing Mike go completely berserk on the enemies that killed two of their soldiers, Ira still calls Mike "the best marine [he] ever knew". He's more frightened of what Mike would be think of his current behavior.

** An irritated Major demands Rene better either be injured or have a good story of the flag raising in order to justify losing his seat back home. Denying both, the Major tells Rene better enjoy the limelight now because they'll forget about him by Christmas.

* PoorlyTimedConfession: Angrily denying he was at the flag-raising, Ira corrects Rene on errors of who and where everyone was. When he corrects a mistaken swap Rene made, Rene realizes Ira had to have been there to know that. Pointing out Ira's slip of tongue, Ira threatens him to stay quiet.

** Only one character, Doc, gets a decent ending.

** When Rene is asked whether he has a good story to tell in regards to the flag-raising, an obviously disappointed officer warns Rene he better enjoy the limelight now because they'll forget about him by Christmas

* 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 do, and are outnumbered approximately six to one. They lose.

* HonorBeforeReason: The Japanese garrison fight to the bitter end at Iwo Jima and the vast majority of the defending force is wiped out, despite the fact that there is blatantly no logistically feasible way for them to win this battle.

* DwindlingParty: Only Ira, Doc, and Rene make it off the island alive, and Doc gets pretty badly wounded.

''Flags Of Our Fathers'' is a 2006 Creator/ClintEastwood film depicting the Battle of Iwo Jima, particularly [[IwoJimaPose the famous planting of the flag]] on Mount Suribachi, as well as the post-battle and post-war struggles of the three men who raised the flag as they are turned into a propaganda agent by the U.S. press. It was released jointly with ''Film/LettersFromIwoJima'', its POVSequel.

* 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.

* YanksWithTanks: The film's protagonists, of course.

* CelebrityIsOVerrated: Ira just wants to be a simple, anonymous marine. Sadly, Rene is pressured into naming him as one of the flag raisers, and he is pulled from the war and shipped home.

* 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

* UnwantedFame: Ira just wants to be a simple, anonymous marine. Sadly, Rene is pressured into naming him as one of the flag raisers, and he is pulled from the war and shipped home.

* 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.)

* IwoJimaPose: The original photo of the Marines who planted the flag during this battle is the ''pivotal moment'' of the plot.

* 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, while Rene lives the rest of his life as a high school janitor. Even Doc prefers never to speak of Iwo Jima again.