But after his death at age seventy, his family discovered closed boxes of letters and photos. To his family, John Bradley never spoke of the photograph or the war. 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. And after climbing through a landscape of hell itself, they raised a flag. Through a hail of machine-gun and mortar fire that left the beaches strewn with comrades, they battled to the island's highest peak. In February 1945, American Marines plunged into the surf at Iwo Jima-and into history. ![]() Here is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America. 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. This is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America.and Paul Haggis.#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER on October 20, 2006, was directed by Clint Eastwood and produced by Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, and Robert Lorenz, with a screenplay written by William Broyles, Jr. The film adaptation Flags of Our Fathers, which debuted in the U.S. Shortly after the book's publication, Steven Spielberg acquired the option for the film rights via DreamWorks Pictures. The book spent 46 weeks on The New York Times nonfiction bestseller list, spending six weeks at number one. The men misidentified were Gagnon and Bradley, the men who were actually in the photo are Harold “Pie” Keller and Harold Schultz who were also a part of Easy Company. Many of the Marines had a very hard time moving on with life after their experiences in war and the book sheds light on some of these hardships.įollowing a Marine investigation into the event it was determined that two of the six Marines featured in the book were not in the famous photograph. Even though the boys war was finished and they had raised money for their country their fight was far from over. Bradley, Gagnon, and Hayes were sent on the 7th War Bond Drive and became public heroes. In the following weeks Strank, Block, and Sousley were killed in battle and their families were notified. Whilst the battle was still raging Rosenthal's photograph of the Marines was released and overnight gained the attention of the whole nation. The fighting on Iwo Jima was the only time in all of WWII in which US Marines suffered more casualties than the Japanese. ![]() The book is focused mainly on the Battle of Iwo Jima and the Marines who made the battle famous. John Bradley was a Navy corpsman who administered first aid to Easy Company. Strank was a sergeant, Block was a corporal who reported to Strank, and the rest of the Marines were privates first class. ![]() The five Marines were a part of Easy Company, 28th Marines, 5th Marine Division. The story follows the lives of Bradley, Rene Gagnon, Ira Hamilton Hayes, Michael Strank, Harlon Henry Block, and Franklin Runyon Sousley. Flags of Our Fathers (2000) is a book by James Bradley with Ron Powers about his father, Navy corpsman John Bradley, and five United States Marines, who were made famous by Joe Rosenthal’s Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima photograph.
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