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(0)James Bradley
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Formats
Description
On February 19, 1945, the largest Marine force ever sent into battle launched an assult on Iwo Jima. Through a hail of machine-gun and mortar fire six men battled to the island's highest peak, after climbing through a landscape of hell itself, they raised a flag. This is an account of six very different men who came together in a moment that will live forever.
Author
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Formats
Description
Relates the story of eight American airmen who were shot down over Chichi Jima during World War II, one of whom was rescued and later became president of the United States, and the other seven who were captured by Japanese troops.
Publisher
Dreamworks Home Entertianment
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
The story of the five Marines and one Navy corpsman that were forever immortalized as a symbol of WWII by raising the American flag at the battle of Iwo Jima. When Joe Rosenthal's photograph of the event becomes a symbol of hope for the families at home, the three surviving men are pulled from combat and sent on a tour across America to raise desperately-needed bond money. It is a trip that brings out the truths of both that symbolic act, and of their...