Our Flag Still Stands On September 11‚ 2001 our country was rocked to its core. Even though I was only four years old‚ I remember seeing the shock and disbelief on my parents’ face as they watched the catastrophe unfold. I also remember seeing pictures of an American flag waving in the middle of rubble. Though our country was shaken we were also united. Citizens began to show patriotism more than ever before and display courage against our enemies. Patriotism is important to me because of my freedom
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Date: Unit: Book Title: Flags of Our Fathers Author: James Bradley Why I chose this book: From the moment I set foot on the yellow footprints at MCRD‚ Parris Island I’ve heard Marines talk about the raising of the Flag at Iwo Jima. It inspired me to know more about the Marines who have served and fallen before me. In my eyes‚ this was one of the greatest moments in the Marine Corps history. These are a few reason why I chose to read this book‚ Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley.
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without a flag of its own. When India was under the British rule‚ there was no national flag of India. The people then became free. India became an independent country in 1947. Since the date of her independence‚ India has a national flag of her own. National Flag is a sacred thing for all. It stands for the mother land. When we honour our national flag it is considered as an honour to the country or our motherland. Similarly‚ any dishonor to our national flag is treated as a dishonor to our country
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Memories of Flags and of Our Fathers In James Bradley’s bestselling book Flags Of Our Fathers‚ Bradley pays homage to his late father John Henry Bradley. John (also nicknamed “Jack” and “Doc”)‚ was one of six men who raised the American Flag on top of Mount Suribachi during World War II. Mount Suribachi was located upon the small island of Iwo Jima‚ Japan. The photo of these heroic flagraisers quickly “became the most recognized‚ the most reproduced‚ in the history of photography
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Flags of Our Fathers This story is about six ordinary boys. The boys were known as heroes but that didn’t want to be called heroes. They want to be known as normal people that fought in the war. Their names were Ira Hayes‚ Franklin Sousley‚ Jack Bradley‚ Harlon Block‚ Mike Strank‚ and Rene Gagnon. These men raised the Flag on Mount Suribachi. These men are so famous they wrote a book about them and made a movie about them. The life they lived was like any other person except for the part about
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Americans‚ more than any country‚ tend to be very prideful of our young‚ yet extensive‚ war repertoire. Although there is nothing coherently wrong with this feeling of pride‚ we often forget the sacrifices made in the form of lives‚ in order for those iconic images to be taken. In James Bradley’s Flags of Our Fathers‚ he makes sure to emphasize the outer effects of war that reaches past that of what we can see in those instilled images. Specifically‚ the hundreds of thousands of soldiers that helped
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Flags of our Fathers‚ written by James Bradley‚ is a World War II novel portraying the true story behind the six courageous soldiers who raised the American flag on Mount Suribachi‚ Japan. James Bradley wrote this story on behalf of his father‚ John Bradley who was a Marine stationed at Iwo Jima and also one of the flag raisers. In order to complete this book‚ James Bradley had to search for information about the lives of the other five flag raisers who were Rene Gagnon‚ Harlon Block‚ Franklin Sousley
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World history Pre-AP December 7‚ 2010 Flags of Our Fathers The book‚ Flags of Our Fathers‚ was written by James Bradley the son of Jack Bradley one of the people who the book is written about. It is written about the six flag raisers at Iwo Jima. It starts with James Bradley and some of the other Bradley family getting to visit Iwo Jima after their father and husband Jack Bradley passed away. James decides that he wants to research what happened then and the events leading up to the battle
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Lin 10 March 2011 Book Review of Flags of our Fathers: Flags of Our Fathers is a biography of John “Doc” Bradley‚ also called Jack‚ and the five other flag raisers in battle on the island of Iwo Jima during World War II. It is written by his son‚ James Bradley‚ who knew very little about his father’s experience and heroism in the battle of Iwo Jima. This novel takes the reader into the lives of these six men and provides a glimpse of the United States as it was before‚ during and after what is
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Flags of Our Fathers James Bradley Flags of Our Fathers is a book written by James Bradley about the five United States Marines and one Navy Corpsman who are photographed raising the flag at the battle of Iwo Jima. This battle is significant because it was one of‚ if not the most costly and gruesome battle fought in the Pacific during World War II. John Bradly‚ the author’s father‚ Rene Gagnon‚ Ira Hayes‚ Mike Strank‚ Harlon Block‚ and Franklin Sousley are the men in the renowned photograph pictured
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