num_pages: 224
description: Now abridged for young people, Flags of Our Fathers is the unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military the raising of the U. S. flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America.In February 1945, American Marines plunged into the surf at Iwo Jima–and into history. The son of one of the flag raisers has written a powerful account of six very different men who came together in the heroic battle for the Pacific’s most crucial island.
language: English
title: Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima
titlecomplete: Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima (Youth Edition)
genres: Historical, Biography, Military Fiction, American History, War, Nonfiction, History, Military History, World War II, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 59523
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Colby Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: ALA Alex Award
publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers