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HTML:TheNew York Timesbestselling chronicle of one of the most famous moments in American military historyâ??the raising of the U. S. flag at Iwo Jima during World War IIâ??now adapted for young adults. Read the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and strength of America and its armed forces. This is a penetrating, epic look at a generation at war, told with keen insight and enormous honesty â??also a major motion picture directed by Clint Eastwood. In February 1945, American Marines plunged into the surf at Iwo Jimaâ??and into history. Through a hail of machine-gun and mortar fire, they battled to the islandâ??s highest peak. And there, they raised a flag, signaling a historic step towards the eventual defeat of the Axis powers of World War II.
A powerful account of six very different menâ??three of which were killed in battleâ?? who came together in the heroic fight for the Pacificâ??s most crucial island. It is the story of the difference between truth and myth, the legacy of a hero, and… (plus d'informations)
This was a wonderful book about the six men immortalized in the picture of the flag raising over Iwo Jima in February, 1945. The author is the son of one of the men, and he wrote the book after his father's death. His father never really talked about his time on Iwo Jima, and James Bradley wanted to know about his father's experiences. Bradley also tells the story of the other five men in the photograph, three of who would not make it off of the island alive.
I thought this book did a remarkable job of humanizing men who have become such icons of the twentieth century. Bradley shows how harshly the war affected all six of the men, something that can be lost in official histories.
Bradley is a trained historian, so I would expect that he would know how to research, and he does. He also writes in an engaging way that is easy to read, an element many professional histories can lack. ( )
This book is a captivating war time novel about the grueling battle on Iwa Jima. Written by James Bradley this is a true book and all the characters are real people. ( )
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Dedicated to the memory of Belle Block, Kathryn Bradley, Irene Gagnon, Nancy Hayes, Goldie Price, Martha Strank, and all mothers who sent their boys to war.
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In the spring of 1998 six boys called to me from half a century ago on a distant mountain, and I went there.
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They were boys of common virtue. Called to duty. Brothers and sons. Friends and neighbors. And fathers. It's as simple as that.
History.
Entertainment.
Young Adult Nonfiction.
HTML:TheNew York Timesbestselling chronicle of one of the most famous moments in American military historyâ??the raising of the U. S. flag at Iwo Jima during World War IIâ??now adapted for young adults. Read the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and strength of America and its armed forces. This is a penetrating, epic look at a generation at war, told with keen insight and enormous honesty â??also a major motion picture directed by Clint Eastwood. In February 1945, American Marines plunged into the surf at Iwo Jimaâ??and into history. Through a hail of machine-gun and mortar fire, they battled to the islandâ??s highest peak. And there, they raised a flag, signaling a historic step towards the eventual defeat of the Axis powers of World War II.
A powerful account of six very different menâ??three of which were killed in battleâ?? who came together in the heroic fight for the Pacificâ??s most crucial island. It is the story of the difference between truth and myth, the legacy of a hero, and
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I thought this book did a remarkable job of humanizing men who have become such icons of the twentieth century. Bradley shows how harshly the war affected all six of the men, something that can be lost in official histories.
Bradley is a trained historian, so I would expect that he would know how to research, and he does. He also writes in an engaging way that is easy to read, an element many professional histories can lack. (