

"A single shot can end the war."
Overview
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.

Paul Walker
Hank Hansen

Robert Patrick
Colonel Chandler Johnson

Neal McDonough
Captain Severance

Melanie Lynskey
Pauline Harnois

Tom McCarthy
James Bradley

Chris Bauer
Commandant Vandegrift

Judith Ivey
Belle Block

Myra Turley
Madeline Evelley