Flags of Our Fathers

How is Mike killed? And why was it ironic?

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Mike Strank is killed when a shell explodes while he is about to draw an escape route in the sand for his men. This might be considered ironic because the war on Iwo Jima would only last another four weeks. Though somehow, I do not see death in war as ironic,  just sad. 

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