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Flags of Our Fathers — Where the Story Was Set

1 real historical location · Japan

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Clint Eastwood's film about the six men who raised the American flag on Iwo Jima and the propaganda machine that exploited the iconic photograph. Three survivors were brought home to sell war bonds, their real stories far more complicated than the image suggested.

CinemaMapped has mapped 1 real historical location where the story takes place, spanning Japan.

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Iwo Jima — Mount Suribachi

The raising of the American flag on Mount Suribachi and the stories of the six men photographed in the iconic image.

The famous flag-raising photo by Joe Rosenthal was actually the second flag raised on Suribachi on February 23, 1945. The image became the most reproduced photograph in history and was used to drive a massive war bond...

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