This book was about the histories and achievements of the six men who raised the American Flag over Iwo Jima in WWII. Their names were John Bradley, Franklin Sousley, Harlon Block, Ira Hayes, Rene Gagnon and Mike Strank. It is written by the son of John Bradley, the only flag raiser to live on a nor...

The United States is a "country of immigration, more so than emigration (Christian Joppke, p. 27)." This country was built by the hands, sweat, determination, passion, and dreams of individuals who detached themselves from their mother lands and took risk. While some people arrived on t...