FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS IWO JIMA FILMING
The filming of "Flags of Our Fathers", a movie based on the life stories of the six men who raised the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima, directed by Clint Eastwood, overtakes the Iwo Jima Memorial in Washington, on Aug. 8 2005. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Hollywood film star and director Clint Eastwood says he has been trying to retire from acting for years, but every once in a while a role comes along that's irresistible.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A California World War II veteran denied service medals 65 years ago because of a bad-conduct discharge now has them, including a Bronze Star, officials said.
TOKYO, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Japanese researchers will spend a week on Iwo Jima searching recently discovered mass graves of Japanese soldiers killed in World War II, authorities said.
LONDON, June 6 (UPI) -- Clint Eastwood says the lack of black U.S. soldiers in his film, "Flags of Our Fathers," was true to history but Spike Lee insists blacks fought at Iwo Jima.
NEW YORK, April 27 (UPI) -- For the second week in a row, the cover of Time magazine has drawn added attention, an industry publication said.
NEW YORK, April 3 (UPI) -- A donor to the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York has filed a lawsuit, claiming the institution lost his photo of the flag-raising on Iwo Jima.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Japanese actor Ken Watanabe has signed on to star in "Shanghai," a big-screen drama set in China in the months leading up to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.
