Flags Of Our Fathers

I am getting close to the end of this book and I have learned a lot about the realities of WWII.  Although my opinion hasn't changed, that war is sometimes necessary, I was impacted by the severity of it during WWII.  The boys that were involved particularly in the invasion of Iwo Jima were exposed to some of the most brutal combat ever known.  They were only boys.  Boys that became calloused men over the span of about a month.  The winning of this small island played a pivotal role in our ability to overtake Japan.  The mission, however, took it's toll in the form of American boys.  Boys that overcame their fears to protect the homeland.  There were a lot of heroes among them.