"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…"

"This isn't just any island to them. This isn't Tarawa, Guam, Tinian, or Saipan. This is Japanese soil, sacred ground.…"

"Nobody even noticed that second flag going up. Everybody saw that damn picture and made up their own story about it. …"

"U.S. Marines: [first lines] Corpsman! Corpsman! Corpsman! Corpsman! For God sakes, corpsman! Corpsman! Corpsman!"

"General "Howlin' Mad" Smith: [on the telephone] I was promised ten days of shelling. You're giving me three and sayin…"

"President Harry S. Truman: Being an Indian, you are a truer American than any of us. Bet your people are proud to see…"

"Colonel Chandler Johnson: Our target, Island X, is an ugly, smelly, dirty little scab of rock called Iwo Jima. It mea…"

"James Bradley: [last lines] I finally came to the conclusion that he maybe he was right. Maybe there's no such thing …"

"A single shot can end the war"

"You know what they're calling this bond drive? The Mighty Seventh. They might've called it the "We're Flat Fucking Br…"