Talk:Flags of Our Fathers (film)

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There are a few basic things wrong with this listing. Bradley was a Navy Hospital Corpsman (formal rating) and not a Navy Medical Corpsman. The Navy has ratings (Hospital Corpsman, Machinist Mate, Radarman) and ranks. The listing gives the Marines ranks (Corporal, Sargent) but Bradley's rate. I believe Bradley left the Naval Service with a rank of Second Class Petty Officer. They were all Admirals and Generals as far as I am concerned. 69.130.85.55 01:48, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Contents 1 Where was it filmed? 2 The soldier falling in the water 3 Historical Accuracy in General 4 Black Marines 5 The Battle 6 Fair use rationale for Image:Flags1b1.jpg 7 Fair use rationale for Image:Flagsofourfathers run.jpg 8 Fair use rationale for Image:Iwojimaflags.jpg 9 Fair use rationale for Image:Flags of our fathers.jpg

[edit] Where was it filmed?

Where was it filmed?

The credits a variety of battle related craftspeople in Iceland, so it appears that substituted for Iwo Jima. Seaphoto 04:55, 30 September 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Seaphoto (talk • contribs)

[edit] The soldier falling in the water

Did a soldier really fall in the water and drown because no one would stop to retrieve him?

[edit] Historical Accuracy in General

How much does it have? I'm not interested in seeing it if it's not highPEEEE. Jachra 04:38, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

From what I saw it was really accurate from a war perspective. I don't really know about the characters private lives though.

• I've read the book and interviews with various marines who were there and the movie is pretty accurate. Only a few inaccuracies jumped out at me. In real life, only Ira Hayes believed that it was Harlon Block, and not Hank Hansen, in the photograph. When the issue was investigated by the Marine Corps in 1947,at first Bradley and Gagnon both insisted that Hayes was wrong and it was indeed Hansen. When shown the photographic evidence (Hansen in several other photos taken on the same day is wearing crossed bandoliers, a soft cap and "bloused" boots and is not wearing a field jacket unlike the man in the photo at the base of the flag) that Hayes was pointing out, only then did Bradley and Gagnon agree that "it could be Block."

• Harlon Block was killed by a mortar blast, not by rifle fire as shown in the film. Franklin Sousley was shot once in the back by a sniper while walking down an open road, not several times, and did not die in the arms of Ira Hayes as shown in the movie. Sir Rhosis 04:44, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

• "Doc" Bradley and Ira Hayes did not go into a Japanese cave and witness the horror of the Japanese suicides.

[edit] Black Marines

Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't blacks in the USA barred from serving in the Marine Core? Goldfishsoldier 22:35, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

• You're wrong. They were barred from serving in some military occupational specialties, but not the Marine Corps as a whole. Sir Rhosis 12:33, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

African Americans played a much smaller role with the Marine Corps then they did with the Army or the other services during WWII. As for Iwo Jima, there was a company or two involved as ammunition resupply specialists in an overall force of over 100,000. As for the Marine Corps in general...the majority served with the 51st and 52nd Defense battalions after having been trained at Montford Point. These were AAA/base defense units that saw limited action during the war. --Looper5920 16:28, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Battle

I'm not sure if this is accurate. In the movie, one machine-gun from a bunker sets off all of the Japanese guns. Was it really like that during the battle? Did one bunker start shooting and then all the other ones followed?

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Flags1b1.jpg

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BetacommandBot 23:29, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Flagsofourfathers run.jpg

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Iwojimaflags.jpg

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BetacommandBot 20:50, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Flags of our fathers.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:05, 13 February 2008 (UTC)