great deal of damage to many American ships. However‚ this damage would have been much greater if more planes had actually got through to a target. Iwo Jima: The battle of Iwo Jima took place in February 1945. It was part of a big plan by the Americans to help them win world war two. Island hopping had put the Japanese more toward the east. Iwo Jima is very small about 4.5 miles long and 2.5 miles wide. The island is south
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men in the past wars. "From a guy who is proud he’s a Marine and in his country’s service" (Ira Hayes‚ 77). Is a quote showing how proud the soldiers and marines are for serving our country. John Bradley kept to himself regarding his memories of Iwo Jima‚ the flag raising and what followed. As a result‚ in order to write this book‚ his son‚ James‚ set out to research the lives of his own father‚ from Appleton‚ Wisconsin; Rene Ragnon‚ from Manchester‚ New Hampshire; Harlon Block‚ from the Rio Grande
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When and how Dickey Chapelle became a reporter‚ When she was on the hospital ship in Iwo Jima‚ And when she went ashore in Okinawa. Dickey Chapelle went to the Technology Institute of Massachusetts but flunked out because she spent all of her time at a local airport learning about aviation and taking pictures of the airplanes. She decided
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the Marianas‚ Peleliu‚ and Iwo Jima. Major Howard Conner‚ the Fifth Marine Division’s Signal Officer‚ in speaking about the key Allied win at Iwo Jima‚ commented that “The entire operation was directed by Navajo code. During the two days that followed the initial landings I had six Navajo radio nets working around the clock. They sent and received over 800 messages without an error. Were it not for the Navajo Code Talkers‚ the Marines never would have taken Iwo Jima.” The Navajo code‚ and the Indians
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References: Smith‚ L (2008) Iwo Jima World War II Veterans Remember the Greatest Battle of the Pacific. W.W. Norton & Company Murphy J (1984) History of the U.S. Marines. Bison Books Corp. Proser J (2004) I’m Staying With My Boy’s The Heroic Life of Sgt Basilone‚ USMC. St. Martin’s
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The Golden Gate Bridge (California) The Golden Gate Bridge was named one of the "Seven Wonders of the Modern World" by the American Society of Civil Engineers. The Golden Gate Bridge was built in 1937 to connect the city of San Francisco to Marin County across the Golden Gate Strait. Chicago (Illinois) Welcome to Chicago‚ America’s third largest city and one of its best tourist destinations! Chicago’s skyline is quite impressive. Indeed‚ the city is famous for its architecture. Atlantic
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McDonald Book Report Flags of Our Fathers Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima was written by James Bradley with the assistance of Ron Powers and adapted for young people by Michael French. This is a non-fiction war novel. The story begins with a young man who has curiosity of his late father. Throughout the book he finds out more and more about his father and the other men who raised the flag in Iwo Jima. I feel as though Bradley was in fact qualified to write this novel. Not only was
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has lots of information about 1944. On February 23‚ a platoon was ordered to climb Mount Suribachi after a long battle with the Japanese. They reached the top and hoist the American flag atop the mountain. When secretary of the Navy arrived on Iwo Jima‚ he requested the flag for himself but Colonel Johnson is furious about his plan. Colonel Johnson resolves to keep the original flag for the regiment. He ordered Captain Severence to bring the flag down and replace it with another one for Forrestal
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companies‚ for instance Nike‚ Texaco‚ McDonald’s and Motorola. In the background a group of Goofy soldiers are setting up a Microsoft flag. A scene reminiscent of the famous photograph of a group of soldiers at Iwo Jima. (Battle of Iwo Jima‚ 1945. US fighting for + capturing island of Iwo Jema‚ Japanese Empire. Some of bloodiest fighting in Pacific War took place). Instead of regular artillery and ammunition‚ shooting takes place with Coke cans and TVs. This signifies that the U.S. economy is
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located upon the small island of Iwo Jima‚ Japan. The photo of these heroic flagraisers quickly “became the most recognized‚ the most reproduced‚ in the history of photography.” (Bradley pg. 3) In Bradley’s book‚ he tells the reader why he wrote the book‚ about the characters in his story‚ and how the Flag came to mean so much to America and to the flagraisers themselves. James Bradley was the middle son to the last surviving flagraiser on Iwo Jima. John Henry “Jack” or “Doc”
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