Through a hail of machine-gun and mortar fire that left the beaches strewn with comrades, the American Marines battled to the island's highest peak. And there they raised a flag.

Here is the true story behind perhaps the most famous moment in American military history - the raising of the U.S. flag on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima, February 23, 1945 - and the immortal photograph that lifted the heart and spirit of a nation at war.

Adapted for young people by Michael French. Soft cover. 211 pages. Black and white archive photos and maps.