The narrative begins at a training camp where Stryker uses brutal methods and rigid discipline to prepare his men for the realities of the Pacific theater.
: The squad joins the patrol that charges up Mount Suribachi. In a moment of reconciliation, Conway saves Stryker's life, and the two men find mutual respect. Sands of Iwo Jima
: Private Peter Conway, a college graduate and son of Stryker’s former commanding officer, resents Stryker’s harshness and sees him as a "cold-hearted sadist". The narrative begins at a training camp where
In the classic 1949 film Sands of Iwo Jima , the story follows a squad of green Marine recruits as they are molded into a disciplined fighting force by their battle-hardened and widely despised leader, Sergeant John M. Stryker (John Wayne) . From Training to Tarawa : Private Peter Conway, a college graduate and