Eastwood & Spielberg Raise 'Flags Of Our Fathers'

[Friday, July 9th, 2004]
Clint Eastwood is set to direct an adaptation of Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima which Steven Spielberg will produce, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The battle, which took place in the winter of 1945, was a turning point in the Pacific Theater. In one month, 22,000 Japanese and 26,000 Americans died, and one of the outcomes was one of World War II's most enduring images: a photograph of six soldiers raising an American flag on the flank of Mount Suribachi, the island's commanding high point.

One of the six was Navy corpsman John Bradley. Bradley never mentioned his experiences to his family, and it was only after his death in 1994 that his son James discovered his father's heroism. James Bradley wrote the book, which was published in 2000, with Ron Powers.

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