Bill, It isn't that kind of a book. The book recounts the history of the individual flag raisers before and after the picture. The funeral director guy joined the Navy to stay out of the ground war. His beginning training in Undertaking got him into the medical corps and then the units training for Iwo Jima. They were all just kids straight out of the '40's. Most of them didn't fare well after the flag raising. The three who came back for the war bonds tour survived, but only the Wisconsin undertaker thrived. Their lives were sadly colored by the experience. It's the kind of thing that haunts you with a lifetime of nightmares. Regards, BobS.
On 7/22/07, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Sullivan" > Subject: Re: RE: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa! > > > > Bill, > > I think you would enjoy reading 'Flags of our fathers'. > > It's far from a propoganda book on the subject. > > It's written by a son of the last survivor, > > as he tried to understand why dad never spoke of it. > > Sorry Bob, I got enough of this visiting my uncle in Montana. The only books > he had were war in the Pacific theater stuff that was written during or > shortly after the war, and I was quite an avid reader. > Rosenthal might not have intended to take a propoganda picture, though I > think it safe to argue that any flag raising picture is exactly that, but > Roosevelt picked it up, ran with it, and made it into one. > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
