Ira Hayes, a young Pima Indian, enlists in the Marine Corps. At boot camp, he is shunned and mocked by everyone, aside from a Marine named Sorenson, who he befriends. They happen to be two of the six marines captured in the famous photograph of Marines raising the U.S. flag on Suribachi during the battle of Iwo Jima, but Sorenson is killed soon after. Although he is hailed as a hero, Ira's life begins to spiral out of control after the war.

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Cast

Tony Curtis

Ira Hamilton Hayes

James Franciscus

Pvt. James B. Sorenson

Gregory Walcott

Sgt. Kiley

Bruce Bennett

Gen. Bridges

Vivian Nathan

Nancy Hayes

Edmund Hashim

Jay Morago

Paul Comi

Sgt. Boyle

Stanley Adams

Noomie

Wayne Heffley

Cpl. Johnson

Ralph Moody

Uncle

Forrest Compton

John Bradley

Mary Patton

Chairlady