One of World War II's most famous and lasting images is the photograph of U.S. Marines raising a flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima. Thousands of Americans died to gain control of this tiny island.
In honour of his new World War 2 film, the star was invited to mark his fist and footprints in the pavement outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Black sand from Iwo Jima was flown ...
Emotionally gripping, punctuated with intense battle scenes, all bound together by Wayne's larger-than-life performance, Sands of Iwo Jima is the quintessential WWII film.