"THOUSANDS OF BOOKS RECORD THE BATTLE FOR IWO JIMA... (FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS)TELLS THE INSIDE STORY OF THE SIX FLAG RAISERS WHOSE HEROIC IMAGE... LIVES ON."--USA Today
"WHAT HAS BEEN LOST... IS ANY COLLECTIVE MEMORY OF THE SIX BOYS WHO RAISED THE FLAG...(FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS)RESCUES THESE FORGOTTEN BOYS--ONE OF THEM BRADLEY’S FATHERmAND TRANSFORMS THEM FROM ’ANONYMOUS REPRESENTATIVE FIGURES’ INTO INDIVIDUALS NONE OF THEIR NAMES IS ON THE MONUMENT. YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT tHEM IN JAMES BRADLEY’FINE BOOK."--Chicago Sun Times