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 FathersFlags of Our Fathers. A
penetrating, epic look at a generation at war, this is history told
with keen insight, enormous honesty, and the passion of a son
paying homage to his father. It is the st...