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This shot is a reference to the famous pulitzer photo raising the flag on iwo jima by joe rosenthal. We are proud of our warriors of today, and because of films such as sands of iwo jima and its remarkable history, remind us that these too, were the warriors. The title sands of iwo jima was once seen by this movies producer edmund grainger in a newspaper story. Mar 27, 2015 the interactive transcript could not be loaded. Sands of iwo jima island in the sky soundtrack 1949, 1953. Rating is available when the video has been rented. Released march 1st, 1950, sands of iwo jima stars john wayne, john agar, forrest tucker, adele mara the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 50 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. So it was with sands of iwo jima, written by harry brown and james edward grant, and directed by allan dwan. How midway threads hollywood history in to a wwii spectacle.
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