Flags Of Our Father Sparknotes

The storyline of the book is about James Bradley’s father ’s war experience. It is based on the memories of Iwo Jima and raising of the flag. After his father's death in 1994, James found a letter his father had written to his parents from Iwo Jima, calling the flag raising "the happiest moment" of his life. It is from the letter that James made the book “Flags of our Father.” In chapter two, James wrote about each one of the flag raisers and their stories. One of them is John Bradley, nicknamed cabbage, a veteran of WWI. According to James, John’s mom had two children; John and Mary Ellen. She was a devout Catholic who influenced her son to be an active Catholic Church member. James also wrote about Mary Ellen’s death at age ten died. …show more content…
They were operating under a lower version of the bushido “way of the warrior.” They considered surrendering as the most significant shame that they can commit. The difference is that the men who signed up for the American military lost their sense if self-seeking, and focused on the higher purpose of the team. The Marines discovered that most branches of the military were helpless to them and that they had to earn their positions to be in the same place as the Marines before …show more content…
Rene, who was a messenger, learned how to handle the rifles, along with Doc, who was a corpsman. Mike, Harlon, and Franklin became rifle specialists, and Ira was a "BAR" man. He was he-man that was handling a Browning automatic rifle. Also at Camp Pendleton, Spearhead trained for six months. They had to practice tactical marches, swimming, and mock assaults. They also knew they were training for something big. However, at that time they did not know where they would be headed. While their Doc Bradley met Ralph Ignatowski, also known as Iggy, who had forged his urine sample for him to enlist. He and Iggy became friends, and Doc had to keep track of in the