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Click to see a large view.	"Sands of Iwo Jima" was a big hit for Republic Pictures and John Wayne.
Click to see a large view.	John Wayne and the three surviving Flag Raisers. (Left to Right) Ira Hayes, John Bradley, John Wayne and Rene Gagnon.
Click to see a large view.	John Wayne and John Bradley.
Click to see a large view.	The survivors raise the flag again in the finale.
Click to see a large view.	(Clockwise from left) George Schrier, John Bradley, Ira Hayes and Rene Gagnon at Union Station in Washington DC for the premiere of "Sands of Iwo Jima" 1949. Schrier led the platoon up Mt. Suribachi to raise the first flag, Bradley was a funeral director in Wisconsin, Hayes a farmer in Arizona and Gagnon an airlines clerk in New Hampshire.
	John Wayne being memorialized at Grauman's Chinese Theater. Wayne's plaque is black. Black cement made from the black sands of Iwo Jima.
Click to see a large view.	A scene from the movie "The Outsider" about Ira Hayes. Tony Curtis (far left) played Hayes. Actors playing John Bradley and Rene Gagnon meet the press.
	Steven Spielberg acquired the movie rights. Clint Eastwood is the Director. Learn more . . . www.FlagsOfOurFathers.com
	Also directed by Clint Eastwood This film portrays the Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of the Japanese soldiers.

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