
I was slightly disappointed in the film version, but the book was a fascinating portrait of the battle, the men, and the legend that grew from one chance photograph.
Time Magazine has reinterpreted that photo, and drawn a parallel between the courage and sacrifice of the Marines on Iwo Jima and the current environmental movement:

Three of the men in this photograph died on Iwo Jima. Just as this photo served as a powerful symbol of the sacrifice of the thousands of Americans who fought and died retaking the Pacific from Imperial Japan, their deaths reflected the enormous casualties suffered by the Marines taking that island.
I don't see how Time Magazine decided it was appropriate to equate that sacrifice with the need to drive a hybrid.
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