[Publib] "Flags of Our Fathers" with Primary Sources

[Carole Bos]

"Flags of Our Fathers" is a new film about the pivotal battle for Iwo Jima during February-March of 1945.  This website, http://www.awesomestories.com/movies/flags_fathers/flags_fathers_ch1.htm  linking to hundreds of photographs and other primary sources from national archives and official military records, tells the story of the battle, the two flag-raisings on Mt. Suribachi (the famous photograph depicts the second raising), the 7th war-bond drive (in which the U.S. government used the picture - and the flag raisers - to generate money and support for the war), the unique nature of the Japanese defenses and the use of Iwo Jima after its capture.  Included are photographs of the actual flag raisers and the many medal-of-honor recipients.

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Carole Bos
Dean's Advisory Board
Grand Valley State University
bosc at gvsu.edu