Either a plane or flamethrower got them," he said, describing a scene that was portrayed in the 2006 movie "Flags Of ... From the Shores of Iwo Jima.' "It was in color and very interesting.

Just a couple of years after the Second World War, John Wayne starred in Sands of Iwo Jima, a movie reenacting it. At 42, the Hollywood actor felt he was too old to play Sgt John M Stryker ...