Iwo Jima: From Combat to Comrades

Nov 10, 2015

0h 54m

★ 0.0

Overview

For the men who fought perhaps the fiercest battle of WWII, seventy years have passed. But the memories of those 36 bloody days on Iwo Jima have not. In the spring of 2015, survivors of both sides of the battle returned for the last time to join a Reunion of Honor — a unique, now-peaceful fellowship first forged of fire and bullets.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Arnold Shapiro Productions

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Ryan Phillippe

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Iwo Jima: From Combat to Comrades

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