Reality in war films

It is true that almost all of the war films created so far are not 100% accurate on events telling. Even the films that provide evidences and first hand documents are not perfectly truth. Almost all of these films contain personal emotions and dramatic plots. "The historical 'reality' presented by dramatic films is radically different from that of a letter or diary." ( Davidson & Lytle 403) I agree with this statement. The film "Flags of Our Father" also supports my opinion.

"Flags of Our Fahter" is rather a personal memoir than historical presentation. But in some specific fields, it is even more accurate than those historical presentation film. Memoir as a first hand document is considering as accurate as diary and letters. The mian character in this film is a retired soldier who was once fighting for the United States during WWII against Japanese armies. When the war ended, the soldier himself is treated as a national hero because he was the one who swings the flag after the victory. Newspapers and TV shows were talking about him all over the time that put him in a position as hero. But himself, in the other hand, did not satisfied because he was not the one who bring victory to the U.S. He was a soldier that fight the war with all other soliders. Those who died in war were the heroes that sacrificed their lives to the victory. News reporters were miss reported the fact and showed no respects to those who died in the war. According to the main character and also the way i agreed that war heroes are not the one who survived in the war but the one who sacrificed their own lives in order to bring up the victory to the country.