SANDS OF IWO JIMA
Updated 04-May-2020.
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Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) – Overview – TCM.com: Overview of Sands of Iwo Jima, 1949, directed by Allan Dwan, with John Wayne, John Agar, Adele Mara, at Turner Classic Movies
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) – IMDb: Directed by Allan Dwan. With John Wayne, John Agar, Adele Mara, Forrest Tucker. A dramatization of the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima.
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My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: the 1949 war film follows a group of United States Marines from training to the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II . the film premiered in San Francisco on December 14, 1949 and was eventually given a nationwide release sgt. John Stryker (John Wayne) is disliked by the men of his squad . he is especially despised by PFC Peter “Pete” Conway (John Agar) and the two Marines run out of ammunition, and Hellenopolis is killed . bass begs for help, and the squad is ordered to dig in and hold positions . Stryker refuses to disobey orders and goes to Bass’s rescue . he gets into a fistfight with bass when he discovers about Thomas’s dereliction . while on leave Stryker picks up a bargirl and goes with her to her apartment . he becomes suspicious when he hears somebody in the next room . upon investigation, finds only a hungry baby boy . Stryker’s squad fights in the battle for Iwo Jima . the squad suffers heavy casualties within the first couple of hours . the men are resting during a lull in the fighting . Stryker is killed by a Japanese soldier emerging from an spider hole . the remaining squad members find and read a letter on his corpse the 1982 Academy Award nominated comedy short film The Great Cognito makes an implied reference to Sands of Iwo Jima . in the television show King of the Hill (1997–2010), this is the favorite film of the episode “Call of Silence” (2004) references the film and a documentary as shared background to Marine history and legacy . the southern rock band Drive-By Truckers have a song title “The Sands of Iw “john Wayne on the sands of Iwo Jima” may be a reference to the fact that he never served in the military . as a period term, it similarly appears in the 1998 film Saving Private