This book has been out for over a decade but I decided to listen to it when I saw it on the WILBOR site. (I ended up also checking out the book because I wanted to see the pictures!). One of the most iconic photos in history is that of the flag raising on Iwo Jima. This book was written by James Bradley, the son of one of those men in the photo. Although James and his family knew this about his father it was never discussed - his father's choice. Whenever reporters wanted to do an 'anniversary' article the children were instructed to say that their father was in Canada fishing. There was no copy of the photo in their home. That was just the way it was in the Bradley household. When John Bradley died at the age of 70 they found letters and photos - and the Navy Cross that he had been given and then kept secret. If the younger generations want to understand "the Greatest Generation" they need to read this book. I know that every soldier in WWII had a story that deserved to be told. This book tells about six of those soldiers. Very powerful.
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