TALES OF AN IWO JIMA SURVIVOR - Corporal Don Graves, USMC, Retired (Part 2)
Two days after the December 7, 1941 attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor, Don Graves walked to his local Marine Corps recruiting office in Detroit to enlist. However, he was sixteen and too young. The recruiter, or โGunnyโ, gave him some papers and told him to get them signed by his parents and come back when he turned seventeen.
In August, 1942, Graves returned and enlisted. Two and a half years later he ended up with a flamethrower strapped to his back landing on the beach of the highly fortified Japanese island of Iwo Jima in what was to become one of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of World War II.
๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฒ๐ป๐น๐ถ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ, ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ญ๐ต, ๐ญ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐.
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Scot MillerDirectorBackyard Bird Bath: Making Lemonade out of Lemons
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Scot MillerProducer
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Marcus Jeffry MillerProducer
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Don GravesKey Cast
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Project Type:Documentary, Short
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Runtime:21 minutes 9 seconds
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Completion Date:March 2, 2022
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Production Budget:150 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital UHD 4k
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
SCOT MILLER โ Director/Editor/Producer
Scot Millerโs photography has formed the basis of numerous books, including Walden: 150th Anniversary Illustrated Edition; My First Summer in the Sierra: 100th Anniversary Illustrated Edition, winner of a National Outdoor Book Award; and Emerson, Muir, Thoreau: A Photographic Trilogy of American Wildness. He is a passionate advocate for wild places and open spaces. In 2018, he published A Word for Nature: Photographs from Walks on the Trinity Skyline Trail in which he advocates for a plan to manage the 10,000+ โwildโ acres of the Trinity River Greenbelt and Great Trinity Forest in Dallas, Texas. He was Artist-in-Park for the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park from 2008 to 2017. His photographs are at the heart of The Texas White House: A Photographic Tour of Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson's Home on the LBJ Ranch.
Scot is a frequent contributor to the โMoment in Natureโ videos, broadcast on Emmy Award-winning CBS Sunday Morning. His photographic and video collaborations include work with Yosemite Conservancy, The Walden Woods Project, Groundwork Dallas, Caddo Lake Institute, and the Harvard Museum of Natural History.
Scotโs fine prints have been featured in exhibitions at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, the Ansel Adams Gallery, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and other venues. He and his wife, Marilyn, own and operate Sun to Moon Gallery, a fine art photography gallery in Dallas.