By Jeremy KUZMAROV
The son of the Iwo Jima flag-bearer in one of the most iconic photos in U.S history, James Bradley gained fame for his 2000 book Flags of Our Fathers, which was made into a film directed by Clint Eastwood.
Offput at how Flags of Our Fathers was used to manufacture nostalgia for World War II and the so-called "greatest generation," Bradley told me that he intended it as an anti-war book recounting the grim war experience of his father John and other Iwo Jima flag-bearers and the long-term psychological toll it took on them.