A scene from Flags of Our Fathers 2006
Ira Hayes

Hank wasn't in the picture.

Bud Gerber

Sorry?

Ira Hayes

Hank didn't raise that flag. He raised the other one. The real flag.

Bud Gerber

The what? The real... the real flag? There's a real flag?

John "Doc" Bradley

Yeah, ours was the replacement flag. We put it up when they took the other one down.

Bud Gerber

Am I the only one getting a headache here? You know about this?

Keyes Beech

It was after it was already in the papers. The mothers had already been told by then.

Bud Gerber

Aw, that's it, that's beautiful. Yeah, that's beautiful. Yeah, why tell me? I'm only the guy that has to explain it to a hundred and fifty million Americans. Who is in the goddamn picture? Are any of you guys in the goddamn picture?

Ira Hayes

Yeah, we're in the goddamn picture.

Bud Gerber

Six guys raising a flag over Iwo Jima. Victory is ours. You're three of them, right?

John "Doc" Bradley

This was the fifth day, sir. The battle went on for thirty-five more.

Bud Gerber

Well, what'd you do, raise a goddamn flag every time you stopped for lunch?

Ira Hayes
[whispers to Bradley]

Can I hit this guy?

In this scene

Bud Gerber John Slattery More Bud Gerber quotes →
Ira Hayes Adam Beach More Ira Hayes quotes →
John "Doc" Bradley Ryan Phillippe More John "Doc" Bradley quotes →

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John "Doc" Bradley Who are these "Gold Star Mothers?" Bud Gerber That's what we're calling the mothers of the dead flag-raisers. You present each mother with a flag, they say a few words, people will shit money. It'll be so moving. Bud Gerber People on the street corners, they looked at this picture and they took hope. Don't ask me why, I think it's a crappy picture, myself. You can't even see your faces! But it said we can win this war, are winning this war, we just need you to dig a little deeper. They want to give us that money. No, they want to give it to you. Captain David Severance This isn't just any island to them. This isn't Tarawa, Guam, Tinian, or Saipan. This is Japanese soil, sacred ground. Twelve thousand Japanese defenders in eight square miles, they will not leave politely, gentlemen! It's up to us to convince them.
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