Flags of Our Fathers
This book captures the difficult times during World War II aiming particularly at the Battle of Iwo Jima in Japan. Including six individuals whose lives have never cross were destined to freeze in-time together, forever in a photo op they never consented to. Taking pictures would be the last thing on their mind in the heat of battle. A Marine's mind processes various trains of thought, for example, where is my buddy, did he survive the mortar attack or is the next one gonna hit me? These were typical questions along other wild ones only they would have come up with. Unbeknownst to them, they were mistakenly glorified for an act they certainly did not gave much thought. They all insist it was simply helping out a fellow …show more content…
His efforts of recollecting multiple standpoints to vividly paint images and coincidentally providing illusions as if one was actually in Japan fighting alongside the Marines. Although James was not a reporter or journalist, his details are mesmerizing. Each Marines' view was depicted unadulterated unlike yellow journalism, which would have hyped up testimonies for kudos. Many of which are extremely gruesome but censor would not convey the hardship the boys encountered.
Each of the six boys lives wrapped around drama. One in particular is Mike Strank, an active Marine pre-Iwo Jima. Mike was a natural born leader. Many of his fellow Marines felt the same say. During Mike's younger years, he was raised to follow rules that his father had demanded. Unknowingly, those years had prepared him for the future. Mike was offered to lead a battalion but declined it saying he was going to be there for his …show more content…
They would harass John nonstop because he served as a Corpsman in the Marine Company therefore he tended horrendous casualties firsthand. John later became known as "Doc." In doing so, his eyes saw how the war terrorized American boys. The media probed him endlessly for his eyewitness accounts. Unlike his peers, "Doc" led a quiet life. So quiet to the point that his wife and children knew little of personal experience during his tour at Iwo Jima. Although reporters, media and the like pried endlessly to get his stories Doc more than often turned them down. It was so bad that his family were trained to respond telephone calls that Doc was away on vacation. Contrary to common belief, the boys were simply installing a pole into the ground. Nothing more. But when the photograph published back home in America it certainly stirred up quite a hysteria. John repeatedly tells reporters he was just putting a pole that just so happen to have a flag on it. "Simple as that," John would always
This book captures the difficult times during World War II aiming particularly at the Battle of Iwo Jima in Japan. Including six individuals whose lives have never cross were destined to freeze in-time together, forever in a photo op they never consented to. Taking pictures would be the last thing on their mind in the heat of battle. A Marine's mind processes various trains of thought, for example, where is my buddy, did he survive the mortar attack or is the next one gonna hit me? These were typical questions along other wild ones only they would have come up with. Unbeknownst to them, they were mistakenly glorified for an act they certainly did not gave much thought. They all insist it was simply helping out a fellow …show more content…
His efforts of recollecting multiple standpoints to vividly paint images and coincidentally providing illusions as if one was actually in Japan fighting alongside the Marines. Although James was not a reporter or journalist, his details are mesmerizing. Each Marines' view was depicted unadulterated unlike yellow journalism, which would have hyped up testimonies for kudos. Many of which are extremely gruesome but censor would not convey the hardship the boys encountered.
Each of the six boys lives wrapped around drama. One in particular is Mike Strank, an active Marine pre-Iwo Jima. Mike was a natural born leader. Many of his fellow Marines felt the same say. During Mike's younger years, he was raised to follow rules that his father had demanded. Unknowingly, those years had prepared him for the future. Mike was offered to lead a battalion but declined it saying he was going to be there for his …show more content…
They would harass John nonstop because he served as a Corpsman in the Marine Company therefore he tended horrendous casualties firsthand. John later became known as "Doc." In doing so, his eyes saw how the war terrorized American boys. The media probed him endlessly for his eyewitness accounts. Unlike his peers, "Doc" led a quiet life. So quiet to the point that his wife and children knew little of personal experience during his tour at Iwo Jima. Although reporters, media and the like pried endlessly to get his stories Doc more than often turned them down. It was so bad that his family were trained to respond telephone calls that Doc was away on vacation. Contrary to common belief, the boys were simply installing a pole into the ground. Nothing more. But when the photograph published back home in America it certainly stirred up quite a hysteria. John repeatedly tells reporters he was just putting a pole that just so happen to have a flag on it. "Simple as that," John would always