James Bradley, whose nonfiction book Flags Of Our Fathers recounted his father’s purported role in the iconic WWII photograph of American soldiers raising the stars-and-stripes flag on Iwo Jima became a bestseller and was adapted into a hit 2006 film directed by Clint Eastwood, died June 5. He was 72.
His death was announced by his family, though a cause was not stated. A longtime resident of Antigo, Wisconsin, Bradley passed away, according to his obituary, surrounded by his four children.
Born February 18, 1954, in Antigo, Bradley was an avid reader and history buff. When his father, John
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