Flags Of Our Fathers Sparknotes

I chose to read the book Flags of Our Fathers. The author of this book is is James Bradley and Ron Powers. I have an original copy of this book. There was a revised version by Michael French. The publisher of my book is Bantam. The hardcover edition was published in May of 2000. The paperback edition was published in October 2001. Later there was a Major Motion Picture. The movie was released October 20, 2006. It was directed by Clint Eastwood and produced by Steven Spielberg. There was a screenplay in the movie written by William Broyles Jr., and Paul Haggins. The movie won the Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film. James Bradley is an American author who specializes in historical nonfiction specifically, World War II.

The most significant experience to James Bradley was his father, John Brdleys. John Bradley kept his feelings and experiences to himself about war and what came after it. After James’s father died in 1994, he found a letter his father had written to his parents, James’s grandparents, calling the flag raising “the happiest moment” of his life. After reading this letter he became even more motivated to write this book. He interviewed hundreds of soldiers involved and eye witnesses of the war. Flags of Our Fathers was made into a movie that was directed by Clint Eastwood, and the photograph that inspired it was used by President Truman to sell bonds to fund the war. It was also the inspiration for the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia.
The thesis of Flags of Our Fathers is that every soldier experiences war differently. It is basically saying soldiers on two different sides are still soldiers, they are both people no matter what side they are fighting on. He hints around the fact that you don't see soldiers’ fear even when they are scared to death. They refuse to show it, and they stand strong and confident. Both sides have a flag and they are both fighting for honor. War is

Specifically, a report in 2014 from the Omaha World-Herald cast doubt, at least in Bradley’s mind, that his father was not in the most famous flag-raising photograph from the Battle of Iwo Jima. The article described historians’ efforts to compare the pants, headgear and cartridge belt worn in the most famous photograph to the first photograph taken. The evidence in the article suggested that Bradley’s father was not in fact in the famous photograph as was previously thought. Bradley himself has stated that he reviewed the 2014 article, and that he agrees that it is likely that his father was not in the most famous photograph. Bradley has stated that he did not disclose his conclusions because there was little interest from the news media and the Marines about the identity of the men in the photograph at the time of the