 Afterwards, he served in Seal Beach, California, Samar, Philippines, and in Yokosuka, Japan.In 1949, Captain Schrier returned to the United States and was assigned as a technical advisor (he also appeared as himself with flag raiser Ira Hayes and former corpsman John Bradley) in the motion picture "Sands of Iwo Jima", starring John Wayne.The Korean War broke out on June 25, 1950, and Captain Schrier was sent to Korea with the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade in July.