BOOK FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS (FEB. '45 IWO JIMA) (BOX50)

 COURTESY OF GIBSONS TACTICAL TAVERN                                                                       MILITARY SURPLUS LISTING INDIVIDUALLY PICTURED

FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS

AUTHORS: JAMES BRADLEY WITH RON POWERS

PUBLISHER: BANTAM BOOKS    NEW YORK    MAY 2000

COPYRIGHT: 2000 BY JAMES BRADLEY AND RON POWERS

ISBN: 0-553-11133-7

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 INDOMITALBE WILL OF AMERICA.

DIRECT QUOTE FROM STEPHEN AMBROSE: "THE BEST BATTLE BOOK I HAVE EVER READ. THESE STORIES, FROM THE TIME THE SIX MEN WHO RAISED THE FLAG AT IWO JIMA ENLISTED, THEIR TRAINING, AND THE LANDING AND SUBSEQUENT STRUGGLE, FILL ME WITH AWE."