Sands of Iwo Jima

"My name is Stryker, Sergeant John M. Stryker. You're gonna be my squad - a rifle squad. Three of us have seen action: Corporal Dunn, Charlie Bass, and myself. You're gonna learn from us. In boot camp, you learned out of a book. Out here, you gotta remember the book and learn a thousand things that have never been printed, probably never will be. You gotta learn right and you gotta learn fast. And any man that doesn't want to cooperate, I'll make him wish he hadn't been born. Before I'm through with you, you're gonna move like one man and think like one man. If you don't, you'll be dead. Now, you guys have had a nice, easy day. I hope you enjoyed it because it's the last one you're gonna get for a long time. You joined the Marines because you wanted to fight. Well, you're gonna get your chance, and I'm here to see that you know how. If I can't teach you one way, I'll teach ya another. But I'm gonna get the job done. Any questions? That's all."

"Ten thousand sergeants in this corps and I gotta draw Stryker!"

"You know, my natural dislike for you is turning into a great hatred, Bass."

"Officer: [giving the pre-invasion briefing] Now, nobody knows exactly what they've got on this island, but they've had forty years to put it there."

"Alone and outnumbered, they had one thing in their favor... the American dream."

"A great human story... makes a mighty motion picture."

"John Wayne - Sgt. John M. Stryker"

"John Agar - PFC Peter Conway"

"Forrest Tucker - PFC Al Thomas"

"Wally Cassell - PFC Benny Regazzi"

"James Brown - PFC Charlie Bass"

"Richard Webb - PFC Dan Shipley"

"Arthur Franz - Corporal Robert Dunne / Narrator"

"James Holden - PFC Soames"

"Richard Jaeckel - PFC Frank Flynn"

"William Murphy - PFC Eddie Flynn"

"Adele Mara - Allison Bromley"

"Julie Bishop - Mary"