Herald Staff
The Battle of Iwo Jima was one of the most brutal of World War II.
About 28,000 of the 90,000 combatants died either defending or trying to take the 8-square-mile island.
Most remember only the iconic photograph of a group of Marines raising the American flag.
Durangoan Carol Fleisher, who produced and directed last year’s “Navy (Sea, Air and Land Teams): Their Untold Story” has a new documentary airing on PBS just in time for Veterans Day, “Iwo Jima: From Combat to Comrades.”
Two film crews, one American and one Japanese, followed veterans returning to the battlefield where they once fought each other for a time of remembrance and reconciliation.