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.
Tony Curtis
James Franciscus
Gregory Walcott
Bruce Bennett
Vivian Nathan
Jeffrey Silver
Edmund Hashim
Paul Comi
Stanley Adams
Wayne Heffley
Ralph Moody
James Beck
Forrest Compton
Pete Homer
Mary Patton
Vince Edwards
Lynda Day George
Kathleen Mulqueen
Charles Stevens
Raoul Freeman
Sam Harris