There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen - John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon and Pvt. Ira Hayes - who fought in the battle to take Iwo Jima from the Japanese.
Ryan Phillippe
as John 'Doc' Bradley
Jesse Bradford
as Rene Gagnon
Adam Beach
as Ira Hayes
John Benjamin Hickey
as Keyes Beech
John Slattery
as Bud Gerber
Barry Pepper
as Mike Strank
Jamie Bell
as Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski
Paul Walker
as Hank Hansen
Robert Patrick
as Colonel Chandler Johnson
Neal McDonough
as Captain Severance
Melanie Lynskey
as Pauline Harnois
Tom McCarthy
as James Bradley
