Letters from Iwo Jima

biographies for young readers. Bradley follows through Truman’s footstep and he is now praised for his realistic portrayal of the life of his characters. In Flags of Our Fathers, Bradley’s main focus derives from an iconic photograph of the flag raising which was taken in Iwo Jima. The photograph consists of six marines including his father John Bradley. This image create a great curiosity as Bradley was determined to find out more about each of the men in the picture. It is ironic in a sense

on May 31, 1930, in San Francisco, California, as Clinton Eastwood Jr. to Clinton Sr. and Ruth Eastwood, with an older sister named Jean. After looking for work in California during the Depression, the family settled in Oakland, where he graduated from Oakland Technical High School in 1948. Clint worked odd jobs, including as a hay baler, logger, truck driver and steel-furnace stoker. In 1950, he joined the military with the Army Special Services, based at Fort Ord in Monterey, California. While

1864, and were rounded up and exiled. Their reservation, created 1868, is the largest in the US 65,000 sq km/25,000 sq mi , and is mainly in NE Arizona but extends into NW New Mexico and SE Utah. Many Navajo now herd sheep and earn an income from tourism, making and selling rugs, blankets, and silver and turquoise jewelry. Like the Apache, they speak a Southern Athabaskan language. Navajo speakers served the United States well during WWII. Groups of young Navajo men were enlisted under

of the Marines What do Drew Carey, Gene Hackman, and Lee Harvey Oswald all have in common? They are all, The Few. The Proud. The Marines. Like these young men, many people after high school join one of the many branches of the military. From the U.S. Bureau of Labor, nine out of ten high school graduates go into the military. However with the Marine Corps being the smallest of the branches, only one-fifth of them become Marines. In 2006, according to the Recruit Depot Parris Island for

Loose lips might sink ships is a famous idiom from propaganda posters of World War II, warning Americans against carelessly sharing information that could put the safety of American soldiers at risk. Protecting military communications had become a problem during WWII because Japanese code breakers had become adept at breaking top secret American military codes and learning American battle plans. The compromised security resulted in massive losses of American lives. The military was desperate for

The code Talkers also led in Iwo Jima as they had to relay enemy positions to the ships so they could focus their fire. At one point in the war, the Allies were leading an island hopping campaign in the Pacific. When the Allies had to go from island to island, the Navajos had to transmit codes perfectly to each other to make the campaign successful. Captain Howard Connor even said, “Were it not for the Navajo Code Talkers, the Marines would have never taken Iwo Jima.” The Navajo Code was very

February 19, 1945 five Marines and one Sailor participated in an event that would forever change the course of events for the Marine Corps. Undoubtedly one of the most powerful images of the 20th century is the flag raising atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima. The flag raising captured the courage, commitment and honor that these Marines held as they reached the top. These individuals were only doing what they were instructed to do, but it was the Pulitzer Prize winning photograph that was taken by Joe

Used in Questions: Question 1: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Question 2: Frost/Nixon and Bicycle Thieves Question 3: Un Chien Andalou and Letters from Iwo Jima Question 4: Pan’s Labyrinth and Citizen Kane Question 1: In the intersecting film adaptation of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, by David Fincher, the moral and setting differs from the original version that appears in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Tales of the Jazz Age.” However, both stories share the tale of a man aging backwards

dollars in 1944. This was an astonishing amount of money, especially since the majority of Natives during this time were burdened with a disadvantaged financial status. Other American organizations, such as the Red Cross and Civil Defense, benefitted from the time and effort of Native Americans. Natives also helped out at home by taking over jobs left by those serving in the military; these jobs included becoming farmers, mechanics, lumberjacks, and delivery personnel. In addition to their contributions

The Navajo Language On September 11, 2001 the world watched as the lives of many regardless of age, race, gender, and ethnicity changed as we witnessed a terror attack unfold on our homeland, the United States of America. The graphic images of the twin towers collapsing and an airline jet crashing into the Pentagon portrayed an image of what the American Indian’s must have seen as the Unites States Government (USG) made advances on their ancestral lands, threatening their very livelihood. As a