![]() Strank was a Sergeant who refused several promotions during the battle in order to "Bring his boys back to their mothers." Block was a Corporal who reported to Strank, and the rest were Privates in the Marines, except for John Bradley, a Navy Corpsman who administered first aid to Easy Company of 2d Battalion, 28th Marines, 5th Marine Division, the company to which all the flag raisers were assigned. The flag raisers included John Bradley (a Navy corpsman, and the author's father), Rene Gagnon, Ira Hayes, Mike Strank, Harlon Block, and Franklin Sousley the latter three men died later in the battle. ![]() and Paul Haggis.Flags of Our Fathers (2000) is a New York Times bestselling book by James Bradley with Ron Powers about the five United States Marines and one United States Navy Corpsman who would eventually be made famous by Joe Rosenthal's lauded photograph of the flag raising at Iwo Jima, one of the costliest and most horrifying battles of World War II's Pacific Theater. on October 20, 2006, was directed by Clint Eastwood and produced by Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, and Robert Lorenz, with a screenplay written by William Broyles, Jr. The film adaptation Flags of Our Fathers, which debuted in the U.S. Shortly after the book's publication, Steven Spielberg acquired the option for the film rights via DreamWorks Pictures. ![]() The book spent 46 weeks on The New York Times nonfiction bestseller list, spending six weeks at number one. The men misidentified were Gagnon and Bradley, the men who were actually in the photo are Harold “Pie” Keller and Harold Schultz who were also a part of Easy Company. Many of the Marines had a very hard time moving on with life after their experiences in war and the book sheds light on some of these hardships.įollowing a Marine investigation into the event it was determined that two of the six Marines featured in the book were not in the famous photograph. Even though the boys war was finished and they had raised money for their country their fight was far from over. Bradley, Gagnon, and Hayes were sent on the 7th War Bond Drive and became public heroes. In the following weeks Strank, Block, and Sousley were killed in battle and their families were notified. Whilst the battle was still raging Rosenthal's photograph of the Marines was released and overnight gained the attention of the whole nation. The fighting on Iwo Jima was the only time in all of WWII in which US Marines suffered more casualties than the Japanese. The book is focused mainly on the Battle of Iwo Jima and the Marines who made the battle famous. John Bradley was a Navy corpsman who administered first aid to Easy Company. Strank was a sergeant, Block was a corporal who reported to Strank, and the rest of the Marines were privates first class. The five Marines were a part of Easy Company, 28th Marines, 5th Marine Division. The story follows the lives of Bradley, Rene Gagnon, Ira Hamilton Hayes, Michael Strank, Harlon Henry Block, and Franklin Runyon Sousley. Flags of Our Fathers (2000) is a book by James Bradley with Ron Powers about his father, Navy corpsman John Bradley, and five United States Marines, who were made famous by Joe Rosenthal’s Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima photograph.
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