Amphibious operations were declared dead 100 years ago after the failed triple entente landings at Gallipoli early in the first World War. The amphibious assaults at places like Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, ...
Success, being idolised by other musicians, none of it was enough.” In 2006, Eastwood directed Letters From Iwo Jima as a companion release to Flags of Our Fathers, which was released concurrently.