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Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley, Ron Powers is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Flags of Our Fathers about?
In this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America. In February 1945, American Marines plunged into the surf at Iwo Jima—and into history. Through a hail of machine-gun and mortar fire that left the beaches strewn with comrades, they battled to the island's highest peak. And after climbing through a landscape of hell itself, they raised a flag. Now the son of one of the flagraisers has written a powerful account of six very different young men who came together in a moment that will live forever. To his family, John Bradley never spoke of the photograph or the war. But after his death at age seventy, his family discovered closed boxes of letters and photos. In Flags of Our Fathers, James Bradley draws on those documents to retrace the lives of his father and the men of Easy Company. Following these men's paths to Iwo Jima, James Bradley has written a classic story of the heroic battle fo
Who reads Flags of Our Fathers?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- James Bradley, Ron Powers
- Publisher
- Random House Large Print
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781568959580
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Historical Fiction, Fiction, Memoir
- Rating
- 4.18 / 5 (136 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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