Iwo Jima
The Sands of Iwo Jima The sun beats down on soldiers as they crawl through the sandy beaches of Tarawa. ... The movie Sands of Iwo Jima brings the events of the capture of Tarawa and Iwo Jima, two of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific war. ... The greatest touch of all is in the end when there is one reenactment of the raising of the flag using three of the four original men who raised the flag together on top of the volcano on Iwo Jima.