My friend's Grandpa was on Iwo Jima. He's dead now but when we were kids he would tell us stories of his time in the war. He told us a story of how one of his friends was cooking some bacon, which was difficult to get, when they came under attack from the Japanese. All his friends ducked for cover in a ditch leaving the bacon cooking out in the open. Not wanting to let the bacon burn or get destroyed he ran out under enemy fire to save it, retrieved it, and brought it back to the ditch where they ate it. His friends joked that they should recommend him for a medal for bravery. We called that Grandpa's bacon story and we always liked hearing it. There was another story from Iwo Jima he told us that wasn't as funny. They came under attack later the next day and a Japanese grenade exploded next to him. The grenade fragments tore through his side and ripped off the top of his left ear. He also lost one of his kidneys but otherwise he made a full recovery. He was evacuated from the island before the battle was over and got to hear of the end of the war at home in the states. He got the Purple Heart medal and he used to tell us it was for saving the bacon. He died in 2009.
@Geiger Tec Your Grandpa sounds like a great guy to know:)::) Thank you for sharing this story kids my age don't often get to hear these stories anymore:) so this is appreciated! Your Grandpa is a hero and I just thank him and all the others like him who gave their all for us!
@Geiger Tec thanks for sharing that story! Many of my family were in WWII. My Great Great Grandpa was in the Baton Death March. and My Great Great Uncle was killed at Pearl Harbor. I think a few fought over in the Philippines too. All of my family in WWI were killed. Both sides I believe.
@@hannahtaylor670 I love WWII. Sadly many WWII veterans are passing away. People need to hear their stories. I really hope I will get to meat a few more. I used to be a pen pal to a WWII vet. One day my letter was sent back after I wrote him. I have never heard of him since. 5 years later I'm still trying to find out.
One thing I love about the film is that it felt like a recognized goodbye to the greatest generation 😢 I miss them so much. I’m not knocking down today’s grandparents, but kids today will never know how great this generation was. They grew up in the Great Depression and then got called into service in the world’s greatest war and years of hard fighting later won it by the Grace of God. On another note, my grandpa was not Pima, but he lived on the Pima reservation and knew Ira in school and church though he was three years younger. My grandpa lived there because his parents were teachers there. They said Ira was a super nice child and very friendly. However, by other accounts while all of what my family said was true there are other accounts that Ira was a broken man even then before the war. In hindsight, he never fit in with the Pima or the Americans except for the few Marines he served with who died in battle. Ira never belonged in this world and now rests with God in Whom he put his trust in Jesus Christ.
Deep and passionate. The ultimate sacrifices are shown in the music of Clint Eastwood. From the begining of the movie to the tragic end. If you served you understand.
0:50-1:19 Love that short pt of the song they play of the soundtrack & then they replay it again while the son is up in the attic lookin through his father's boxes of his artillery stuff from the war & finds the newspaper of iwo jima flag raise & then finds a brown envelope of the navy cross & he teakes it puts it in his pocket.
When I was 14 it troubled me so much knowing that by the time I finished school there would be no veterans left to interview ,it was this cold thought in the back of my head that I hated 💔
2007 vi por primera vez esta película ... la verdad fue woooo.. una de las mejores sobre la segunda guerra mundial. a la par de rescatando al soldado ryan.
Letters from Iwo Jima was much better...Eastwood seemed more comfortable directing a more intimate piece like 'Letters' rather than the bigger, noisier 'Flags' (which would have suited Spielberg better)...just my opinion :)
@@suzanne8054 I salute his service. Why in the movie did he portray a runner. Didn't the C.O. refer to him as Errol Flynn. Did Eastwood take big liberties with the picture?
My friend's Grandpa was on Iwo Jima. He's dead now but when we were kids he would tell us stories of his time in the war. He told us a story of how one of his friends was cooking some bacon, which was difficult to get, when they came under attack from the Japanese. All his friends ducked for cover in a ditch leaving the bacon cooking out in the open. Not wanting to let the bacon burn or get destroyed he ran out under enemy fire to save it, retrieved it, and brought it back to the ditch where they ate it. His friends joked that they should recommend him for a medal for bravery. We called that Grandpa's bacon story and we always liked hearing it. There was another story from Iwo Jima he told us that wasn't as funny. They came under attack later the next day and a Japanese grenade exploded next to him. The grenade fragments tore through his side and ripped off the top of his left ear. He also lost one of his kidneys but otherwise he made a full recovery. He was evacuated from the island before the battle was over and got to hear of the end of the war at home in the states. He got the Purple Heart medal and he used to tell us it was for saving the bacon. He died in 2009.
@Geiger Tec Your Grandpa sounds like a great guy to know:)::) Thank you for sharing this story kids my age don't often get to hear these stories anymore:) so this is appreciated! Your Grandpa is a hero and I just thank him and all the others like him who gave their all for us!
@Geiger Tec thanks for sharing that story! Many of my family were in WWII. My Great Great Grandpa was in the Baton Death March. and My Great Great Uncle was killed at Pearl Harbor. I think a few fought over in the Philippines too. All of my family in WWI were killed. Both sides I believe.
@@hannahtaylor670 I love WWII. Sadly many WWII veterans are passing away. People need to hear their stories. I really hope I will get to meat a few more. I used to be a pen pal to a WWII vet. One day my letter was sent back after I wrote him. I have never heard of him since. 5 years later I'm still trying to find out.
Heroes. All of them. We will never see the likes of them again. 🇺🇸💪🙏
One thing I love about the film is that it felt like a recognized goodbye to the greatest generation 😢 I miss them so much. I’m not knocking down today’s grandparents, but kids today will never know how great this generation was. They grew up in the Great Depression and then got called into service in the world’s greatest war and years of hard fighting later won it by the Grace of God. On another note, my grandpa was not Pima, but he lived on the Pima reservation and knew Ira in school and church though he was three years younger. My grandpa lived there because his parents were teachers there. They said Ira was a super nice child and very friendly. However, by other accounts while all of what my family said was true there are other accounts that Ira was a broken man even then before the war. In hindsight, he never fit in with the Pima or the Americans except for the few Marines he served with who died in battle. Ira never belonged in this world and now rests with God in Whom he put his trust in Jesus Christ.
Deep and passionate. The ultimate sacrifices are shown in the music of Clint Eastwood. From the begining of the movie to the tragic end. If you served you understand.
Thanks for this upload I remember watching flags of our fathers and then I had bought letters from iwo jima. Great movies thank you again
Thank you for putting this together.
Letters from Iwojima and Frags of our fathers maked American. thanks. I’m japanese.I like this movie.
Did you know any Japanese soldiers in WWII?
0:50-1:19 Love that short pt of the song they play of the soundtrack & then they replay it again while the son is up in the attic lookin through his father's boxes of his artillery stuff from the war & finds the newspaper of iwo jima flag raise & then finds a brown envelope of the navy cross & he teakes it puts it in his pocket.
Underrated WW2 movie
How so?
I'd just love to meet a few more WWII vets..
All dead at this stage.🥺
Yeah:(
The greatest generation.
When I was 14 it troubled me so much knowing that by the time I finished school there would be no veterans left to interview ,it was this cold thought in the back of my head that I hated 💔
Great Movie
GREAT MOVIE
It’s more than a cinema
it becomes my relaxing music
My all time favourite soundtracks.This and Black Hawk Down.
As good as this move is, I think the book is a little bit better. It gives a little more background on all of the flagraisers.
Not quite...Bradley's father was not a flag raiser...It will be corrected in my book on the way soon!
Suzanne Rene Gagnon wasn’t either... it was Harold “Pie” Keller
2007 vi por primera vez esta película ... la verdad fue woooo.. una de las mejores sobre la segunda guerra mundial. a la par de rescatando al soldado ryan.
I’d really wish someone would re-upload the soundtrack. Since now TH-cam decided to put it on there music platform.
It's So Sad
Grandmas dads friend came off iwo jima, never was the same
samurai vs cowboy
人間はどうして争うのかな？
喧嘩は何故起こるのかと同じさ
悲しくなる
Letters from Iwo Jima was much better...Eastwood seemed more comfortable directing a more intimate piece like 'Letters' rather than the bigger, noisier 'Flags' (which would have suited Spielberg better)...just my opinion :)
Perhaps you're right.
But I loved both.
Das Boot,Saving Private Ryan,Flags and Iwo-these are my top 4.Can't choose between them.lol.
Not
But I love the soundtrack in Flag Of Our Fathers. I prefer this soundtrack over the music in Letters Of Iwo Jima soundtrack
The true hero of the movie was Ira Hayes. Gagnon and Doc Bradley didn't raise that flag..
My dad was there, Mortar man. Find my book Our Dads, Our Heroes...Written with Rene Gagnon, Jr.
God bless your father!
To even be on Iwo as a Marine or Corpsman would make you a hero. Who cares which one raised that flag. It's entirely meaningless.
@@suzanne8054 I salute his service. Why in the movie did he portray a runner. Didn't the C.O. refer to him as Errol Flynn. Did Eastwood take big liberties with the picture?
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