Joseph Cross has joined the cast of Clint Eastwood's World War II film
Flags of Our Father, says the Hollywood Reporter.
The movie is based on James Bradley's book and focuses on the Battle of Iwo Jima, which took place in winter 1945. It was a turning point in the Pacific theater. About 6,000 Americans died and 17,000 were wounded during the Battle of Iwo Jima.
The battle produced one of the most enduring images of WWII: a photograph of U.S. servicemen raising an U.S. flag on the flank of Mount Suribachi, the island's commanding high point.