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 FATHER--AND 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'S FINE BOOK.

THE BEST BATTLE BOOK I 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.

1. Sacred Ground

2. All-American Boys

3. America's War

4. Call of Duty

5. Forging the Spearhead

6. Armade

7. D-Day

8. D-Day P/us One

9. D-Day Plus Two

10. D-Day Plus Three

11. "So Every Son of a Bitch on This

Whole Cruddy Island Can See It!"

12. Myths

13. "Like Hell with the Fire Out"

14. Anrigo

15. Coming Home

16. The Mighty 7th

17. A Conflict of Honor

18. Movies and Monuments

19. Casua/t/es of War

20. Common Virtue

Afterword to the 2006 Paperback

Ediaon

Acknowledgments

Interior Photo L/st and Credits

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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