A Flash of Green

2020, 42 minutes

Based on his private memoir, this film reveals one man's tales of survival during the critical battles of World War Two in the Pacific.

After being wounded by the first explosions at Pearl Harbor, Charles McCandless fought in the most critical battles against Imperial Japan in World War II. Midway, Guadalcanal, Peleliu, and Iwo Jima, to name a few. When he got home, like many veterans, he never talked about it. When Sandra McCandless Simons first read her father’s memoir, it was a revelation that inspired her to publish his book so that others could experience his unique perspective on the war in the Pacific. Using newly discovered archive footage, this film brings his vivid storytelling to the screen, along with fresh insight and humanity into one of the most consequential military struggles in history.

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