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Clint Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers is an adaptation of James Bradley and Ron Powers's book, recounting the story of the three survivors of the flag raising on Iwo Jima during World War II. The event produced the most famous photographic image of the war, and the men were returned home to lead a war-bond tour during which they were heroically lionized. None felt they had done anything exceptional, and Eastwood's film (one of two he has made about Iwo Jima, the other from the Japanese point of view) becomes a meditation on what does...
...celebration in 1948 and received its highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna (Jewel of India), in 2001. DIED. Joe Rosenthal, 94, combat photographer for AP who in 1945 captured what became the iconic image of World War II?U.S. soldiers raising the Stars and Stripes atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, site of some of the war's bloodiest battles; in Novato, California. Rosenthal arranged a subsequent shot of the soldiers waving, leading critics to allege?wrongly, experts generally agree?that the famous photo was a setup. In fact, Rosenthal barely got the picture that boosted the morale...
...There aren't easily dramatizable battles.Anzio, Iwo Jima, the retaking of Bataan, all provided scenarios for uplifting World War II movies. In Iraq, the most famous setting for American military involvement is Abu Ghraib. No easy inspiration there...
...appalling example of the plague this war has become. Like the Vietnam War, it seems to taint the reputation and humanity of all it touches and belies what's left of any claim to a just war. We're a long way from the heroism of the Marines at Iwo Jima. Michael Burns Elkton, Maryland, U.S. Questioning the War I commend time for the forum of views on the Iraq war, "Was It Worth It?" [March 27]. While the question may not have immediate relevance to our policy options in Iraq, it provides an important framework to evaluate future actions...
Your account of the alleged massacre and ensuing cover-up at Haditha was the latest appalling example of the plague this war has become. Like the Vietnam War, it seems to taint the reputation and humanity of all it touches. We're a long way from Iwo Jima...