Well, it's May 22nd, and [iLetters from Iwo Jima[/i] has been released on DVD. I would strongly recommend this film to everyone (like I'm a critic or something!) interested in the Pacific War. You can now rent it, abd I hope the rentals include the 2nd DVD, which talks about the making of this movie and what it meant to the young Japanese actors who took part in it. Most of them knew nothing at all about this battle, as it has not been taught in their schools...don't ask me why! I enjoyed this movie immensely, although there is one scene in it which was pure Hollywood: An American combatant is shot, and then the Japanese commander orders his medic to care for the wounded Marine, and later exchanges friendly banter with him. I have never ever heard any Veteran's account of this type of "kindness" being shown to wounded Marines in the Pacific by the Japanese...quite the opposite. That one scene though can be forgiven in the entire context of the film.
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