The movie didn't say it directly, but roughly, I think it's like this: Among the 6 people who raised the flag, 3 people died before they knew they were heroes, and the remaining 3 people were packaged as countries by media hype Hero, as you can see from the very beginning of the movie, the scene of raising the flag in front of the American people is full of propaganda. But those three people are just ordinary soldiers. They didn't go into the war with the intention of becoming heroes. The more emotions are not even the defense of the country and the fascists as mentioned on the facade. The basic emotions run through the whole movie. During the war, they miss their hometown and relatives, and hope to return to the country alive. When they see their partners fall one by one, they feel that the meaning of war and life is changing and lost. The war looked completely different to them and to the American media. They are portrayed as heroes by the media, but they know it in their hearts. Perhaps more profoundly, you can imagine for yourself that after experiencing a catastrophe, you came back from a near-death situation, but the friends around you died one by one during the catastrophe. At the moment of your birth, many media interviewed you, and many people admired you and regarded you as a hero, but you don’t actually think that way in your heart. The more people mention some things, the more I want to avoid them. Some experiences are bone-chilling after all. No matter what others say, the one who knows that feeling best is yourself.
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