Flags of our fathers / James Bradley with Ron Powers.

• Sacred ground -- All-American boys -- America's war -- Call of duty -- Forging the spearhead -- Armada -- D-day -- D-day plus one -- D-day plus two -- D-day plus three -- "So every son of a bitch on this whole cruddy island can see it!" -- Myths -- "Like hell with the fire out" -- Antigo -- Coming home -- Mighty 7th -- Conflict of honor -- Movies and monuments -- Casualties of war -- Common virtue -- Afterword to the 2006 paperback edition -- Acknowledgments -- Interior photo list and credits -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

• Chronicles one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, focusing on the men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. 

Ämnesord

Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945.  (LCSH)

Photographs  -- History -- 20th century. (LCSH)

Marines  -- United States -- Biography. (LCSH)

Personnamn

Rosenthal, Joe, 1911-2006.

Institutionsnamn

United States. Marine Corps -- Biography.

Klassifikation

D767.99.I9 (LCC)

940.54/2528 (DDC)

940.54/26 (DDC)

K.54b (kssb/8 (machine generated))