Flags of Our Fathers

Onvan : Flags of Our Fathers - Nevisande : James D. Bradley - ISBN : 553384155 - ISBN13 : 9780553384154 - Dar 382 Safhe - Saal e Chap : 2000

I read the book before the movie. The movie, directed by Clint Eastwood is almost entirely dedicated to the book's last chapters where the author describes the after-war lives of the heroes - and yes, despite what Bradley and Eastwood believe, these men ARE heroes regardless of the father Bradley's protests.After describing the battle and events of the flag raising on Mount Suribachi, the author describes how the men's lives turned sour as the US War Machine exploited them for the 7th War Bond D [...]

On Veteran's Day and other such days when the mind wanders over the ultimate sacrifice made by brave men and women during our world's troubled times, for Americans there are few images more iconic than the picture of the flag raising on Iwo Jima during WWII. Flags of Our Fathers was penned by James Bradley, the son of one of the men in that picture. This story is about that experience, what led up to it and what came after. It is more engaging and less depressing than expected. Certainly it is n [...]

Flags of Our Fathers tells the amazing true story of Iwo Jima and The Photograph, by creating a fairly complete picture of the six boys/men in the photo. It recounts basic ideas of their childhoods and their training as Marines, the battle itself, and the lives of those who survived (including Bradley's father) after the war. These men, who wanted nothing else but to be left alone, were thrust into the spotlight because of a lucky picture at a not-so-heroic moment in time. The picture became a s [...]

I don't often read historical nonfiction, but this book was superb; I was very moved by the countless acts of sacrifice made by the men who fought at Iwo Jima.This is a riveting narrative about the six young American flag raisers in the famed picture. Author James Bradley is the son of corpsman John Bradley (one of the men in the photo) and it was only after his father's death when he began to piece together culminating events, as his father never talked about the war but for: "The heroes of Iwo [...]

This was a good book, the intent of the author was good, but I didn't like so many personal comments from him. I don't care that he stared at the picture that this book is based around for hours at a time in a daze, or any other comments he made like that. I think that the fact that he added those into the book took away from honoring those he was writing about. It seemed selfish and cocky of him. His personal comments seemed more like a tribute to himself and his intellect than to those who fou [...]

Full disclosure - I wasn't able to finish this book, so if you're one of those people who says you can't judge it til you finish, you don't need to read this. I, however, don't need to get to the end to know I just hated this book, and am writing a review to warn others and remind myself why I didn't finish it. I read a good amount of history stuff in this vein. Not a huge amount, but a lot more than the average American I think, and this is the only one I have come across so far that felt explo [...]

5Q 2P A/YAJames Bradley's book is a masterpiece of historical writing that will not wear down readers with heavy language or intimidate with hundreds of pages. This is a biography written about the five men who raised the United States flag on Mount Suribachi on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during the second World War. Bradley's father along with two other men Ira Hayes and Rene Gagnon survived the attack on the island and were sent home on orders from the United States government after a pho [...]

Like most people, I had no idea what the real context was for the famous photograph of soldiers raising the US flag at Iwo Jima. Nor did I understand the military significance of that campaign, or the cost in lives it required (over 8000 US soldiers killed and almost 20,000 wounded; and over 20,000 Japanese killed). This book is presented as the story of the 6 men who appear in the photo. The first section gives their backgrounds and life stories, and dragged a bit, but made the rest much more p [...]

CourageA noble virtue that has sometimes been bastardized. By people who engage in reckless abandon. By jerks who just long for publicity. By showbiz scum who wash their dirty linen in public.(The latest local one with the initials "K.A.")But there was a time when REAL courage meant facing bullets, bombs, and staring death in the face, not for personal glory or just for the kick of it, but for freedom, liberty, and justice. And saving other people's lives.The Allied men and women (Filipinos incl [...]

WOW! And I don't even like non-fiction!This story chronicles first the lives of the six men raising their flag on Iwo Jima, the American climate during war time and why they enlisted. Readers are then taken inch by pain staking inch up the beach of "fire island" through gun fire, death, fear, hunger, sleep deprivation and more. Slowly trodding up the hill where we experience a seemingly unremarkable flag replacement that became a photograph which to this day "iconicizes" the valor, determination [...]

A must read for any WWII/history buff.

Unreadable:Book begins with the author detailing a trip Iwo Jima with family member where he took great delight in being photographed peeing off the side of the mountain monument dedicated to the battle that took place there. That is right this man by special permission was invited to the Japanese island of Iwo Jima and onto the Japanese military base and stood on a monument dedicated to the thousands of men who fought and died there and decided it would be awesome if he peed on all of it. I don [...]

Flags of Our Fathers chronicles the stories of the six men, five U.S. Marines and one Navy Corpsman, who raised the flag at Iwo Jima in the iconic photograph from World War II. This has gotten a lot of public attention in recent years, thanks to Clint Eastwood's film adaptation of this book (I'll admit I saw the movie first and liked it, so much so I went and borrowed the audio book from the library).Author James Bradley, the son of John Bradley, the Navy Corpsman in the photo, knew little about [...]

This wasn't a happy book, but I'm glad I read it. The author follows the lives of the five Marines and one Navy corpsman who raise the second American flag on Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima. I've always loved the Rosenthal photo, and the Marine Memorial based on the photo is my favorite in the DC area. Here are a few of my thoughts on the book:I thought the first part of the book, covering the characters' childhoods, training, and the fight to take hell--I mean Iwo Jima--was better than the second [...]

Flags Of Our Fathers is a great read for anyone who is interested in U.S. history. The author, James Bradley, takes the reader through the lives of the 6 soldiers who raised the American flag on Iwo Jima. He lets the reader in on the lives of Harlon Block, Mike Strank, Franklin Sousley, Ira Hayes, Rene Gagnon, and his father Jack “Doc” Bradley. The fantastic thing about this book is that the author shares the stories of these men, from when they were boys to their fates in the end, and he do [...]

I enjoyed this book. It was a non-fiction book of the flag raising on Iwo Jima. It wasn't a regurgitation of his research, but a thoughtful expression of the facts as they were compiled. The author's father was one of the men who were there that day and helped raise the flag. His father survived what was described as a month long massacre.I found this book thought provoking. On one hand, this iconic picture was a beacon of hope to the American people, who sent there sons, brothers and fathers of [...]

Easily one of the most moving and memorable books I have ever read. I know that I've said that I don't get emotional over the books that I read, but Flags of Our Fathers is a definite exception. The author has a personal connection to the subject, and his own emotion over the true story of his father comes through wonderfully. It's as much about history as it is about family. On a sour note, do not ever watch the movie. EVER! It's as awful as the book is wonderful.

This is such a great book. It gives the background of not only the people from one of the most famous American photographs, but also of situations surrounding it. I loved this book and am so thankful that I read it. I recommend it to all.

I really enjoyed this book. I found it both compelling and tragic. I liked learning about a part of history i'd never before read about, the war in the Pacific, Iwo Jima and World War II. I also loved reading about the personal stories of the men and their families.

James Bradley’s Flags of Our Fathers tells the story of the six men who raised the American flag on the island of Iwo Jima after giving the Japanese a long, brutal fight to win control over the small island. The genre of Bradley’s book is historical military nonfiction. The six flag raisers, even though they did not know each other yet, were very similar. Nearly all of them were poor and the Great Depression, football, and religion impacted all of their families. Along with the Germans, the [...]

This book haunted me for weeks afterward, waking me in the middle of the night wondering would I have been able to do what these men did on Iwo Jima.

"Hero. In that misunderstood and corrupted word, I think, lay the final reason for John Bradley's silence. Today the word 'hero' has been diminished, confused with 'celebrity'. But in my father's generation the word meant something."This book is worth the read.

I was convinced I knew what I wanted to write when I sat down to begin this review. I was going to mention how everyone can recognize the photo used on the cover of this book. That it’s an example of patriotism and a symbol of World War II. It represents the integrity of the men fighting on the small island of Iwo Jima and an ode to those who lost their lives. But it’s so much more than that. That image was used as propaganda to extract more bonds from Americans in the war effort. The image [...]

We often read how bloody the island hopping campaign was for the Navy, Marine Corp, and those Army units that fought in the Pacific during WWII. James Bradley gives us a grunts-eye view of the battle of Iwo Jima. The devastating affect of war was demonstrated in undeniable violence. From this crucible came the idea to boost American morale, drive sales for war bonds and give the American people something tangible to believe in. The raising of the flag on Iwo Jima became the symbol of the Marine [...]

Flags of Our Fathers tells the story of Jack Bradley and the five other men who were pictured raising the American flag on the top of Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima in the iconic picture from WWII. Six men who didn 19t view themselves as heroes, but were just 1Cdoing what had to be done 1D 13 whether that meant charging up the beach at Iwo Jima through a hail of machine gun fire or helping to raise a pole that 1Cjust happened to have a flag attached to it 1D. The story 13 and their lives 13 can be vi [...]

I have read many books about WWII, but this one tells the history in a very engaging way, through the stories of the men who were a part of the famous Iwo Jima flag raising picture that captured the hearts of Americans. The author is the son of one of those men, and the connection that he feels towards this part of history, and of his father's life, is clear throughout. In addition to reading the glory, heart-wrenching details of the battle on Iwo Jima (which is honestly quite difficult to read [...]

Whoa. This was amazing.As you probably know, this is the compelling story of the six men who raised the (second) flag on Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima that was immortalized in the famous Rosenthal photo. Bradley profiles the lives of these six men before theit military service, their experience on Iwo Jima and their lives afterward.The men were so very different from each other that they only held their ordinariness in common. Six would raise the flag, only three would leave the island, and only o [...]

Book report book. I was possibly going to post my actual book report but it's not a book review, so I won't. Not a giant fan of this book and here's why: Bad writing. It's just not written well. The story could have been great but it's just mediocre. Something that annoyed me a lot was how they'd go from standard, full sentences to a series of irritating fragments. This isn't a quote because I don't feel like getting the book but it would be like "Hot summer days. Apple pie. Puppy snuggles." And [...]

Book Review of The Flags of Our Fathers by James BradleyIn The Flags of Our Fathers, James Bradley tells the story of the six men who raised the American flag on top of Iwo Jima. The men were Ira Hayes, Frank Sousley, John Bradley, Harlon Block, Michael Strank, and Rene Gagnon. One of the men who raised the flag, John Bradley, his father, and the other five men are revealed to us in the story. Once the men come back to the United States, some don’t want the attention because they believe they [...]