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Flags Of Our Fathers

By James Bradley, Ron Powers

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| eBook | 9781407052526

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In this remarkably powerful book, James Bradley takes as his starting point one of the most famous photographs of all time. In February 1945, American Marines plunged into the surf at Iwo Jima and into a hail of machine-gun and mortar fire from 22,000 Japanese. After climbing through a hellish laContinue

In this remarkably powerful book, James Bradley takes as his starting point one of the most famous photographs of all time. In February 1945, American Marines plunged into the surf at Iwo Jima and into a hail of machine-gun and mortar fire from 22,000 Japanese. After climbing through a hellish landscape and on to the island's highest peak, six men were photographed raising the stars and stripes. One of those soldiers was the author's father, John Bradley. He never spoke to his family about the photograph or about the war, but after his death in 1994, they discovered closed boxes of letters and photos which James Bradley draws on to retrace the lives of his father and his five companions.



Following these men's paths to Iwo Jima, Bradley has written a classic story of the heroic battle for the Pacific's most crucial island - an island riddled with sixteen miles of tunnels and defended by Japanese soldiers determined to fight to the death. In the thirty-six days of fighting, almost fifty-thousand men lost their lives.



Above all a human - and personal - story, few books have captured so brilliantly or so movingly the complexity of war and its aftermath and the true meaning of heroism.

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  • Flags of our Fathers By James Bradley with Ron Powers

    Had it not been for Joe Rosenthal's famous picture of the flag raising on Mount Suribachi, the bloody battle of Iwo Jima might well have been almost forgotten and this book never written. On February 23, 1945, six young men clambered up the mountain' ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

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    A touching history behind the lines of the most famous war picture, an impressive way to understand what Iwo Jima was and to get a view on the perspective a bunch of normal guys had on the event that transformed them in nationwide heroes.

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    Littlelakes said on Feb 1, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • This book goes in my top 10 without a doubt! Everything about it is pretty incredible and its shocking that as an American I really didn't know much at all about the events that took place in this book. The only drawback is that you have to wade through some crude marine language and the brutal ef ... (continue)

    This book goes in my top 10 without a doubt! Everything about it is pretty incredible and its shocking that as an American I really didn't know much at all about the events that took place in this book. The only drawback is that you have to wade through some crude marine language and the brutal effects of war. The audio book is very well done.

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    Rice Cooker said on Dec 7, 2007 about the Audio CD edition | Add your feedback

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