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213 pp.
| Delacorte
| May, 2001
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TradeISBN 0-385-72932-4$$15.95
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LibraryISBN 0-385-90009-0$$17.99
(3)
YA
Translated by Ron Powers.
A journalistic, accessible adaptation of the earlier book for adult readers, this account by a survivor's son centers on the famous photo of six Marines raising a U.S. flag on Iwo Jima. The accurate, engaging text provides the men's pre-war backgrounds, their war service to that time, what they actually did on the island and afterward, and the consequences of the famous photo. Bib., ind.