Title: The Flogging of Our Fathers
Product review: Bradley's conclusions of the "boys" in that picture are maudlin and superficial. "I could tell his character just from the way his hands were positioned on the flagpole". "The Pima Indian is just out of reach but he wanted to help". These are two that stick out. I could reach the alternate conclusion that "in the rush of shells and bullets the sargeant grabbed any old place and hoisted" and "he carried the flagpole most of the way and then left it to the other guys to get it in place". I DO NOT want to minimize the importance and reverance of this heroic effort and Bradley's exhausting search for facts on the "boys" and historical detail of the events in the Pacific War is impressive. But the audiobook I listened to came across as sanctimonious and preachy.
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