Movie Review: Flags of Our Fathers

Proceedings Magazine - November 2006 Vol. 132/11/1,245 [2]

By Major General Fred E. Haynes, USMC (Ret.)

I had the opportunity to preview Clint Eastwood's latest directorial effort in Paramount Pictures' Screening Room here in Manhattan. It is truly a masterful work. The characters and story are part of my own life. The movie took me back 60-plus years and is so powerful I found myself reaching for a handkerchief at the end. It is difficult to portray this kind of history accurately in a movie and still end up with a seat-gripping drama. Usually, the truth gives way. In this case, the truth wins out.

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Major General Fred E. Haynes [4]

Major General Haynes was a captain in the regiment that seized Mount Suribachi and raised the American flag there on 23 February 1945. In Korea, he was executive officer of the 2d Battalion, 1st Marines. In Vietnam, he commanded the 5th Marine Regiment and was G-3 of the 3d Marine Amphibious Force. General Haynes is chairman of the Combat Veterans of Iwo Jima, chairman emeritus of the American Turkish Council, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He lives in New York City, where he is currently at work on a book about Combat Team 28 and the Battle of Iwo Jima.

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