James Bradley and Ron Powers - Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima

Pros: A moving tale.
Cons: None

It is probably one of the most well known photographs of the Second World War ever taken, six men struggling to raise the Stars and Stripes over a barren mountaintop on an island in the Pacific Ocean. The photo galvanized a war weary nation to make the ...

Pros: A good account of the men and events surrounding the flag raising on Iwo Jima.
Cons: none

A Flags of Our Fathers gives us insight to the men who raised the flag on Iwo Jima Sixty one years ago. It tells the story of not only of the men themselves, but of the events surrounding the famous picture, and monument in Arlington VA of one of ...