My father, John Bradley.

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Here's the plaque to my Dad atop Mt. Suribachi.
It is in the "mitten shape" of the state of Wisconsin.
The Bradleys are Cheeseheads.

The plaque marks the spot where the flag was raised. It overlooks the famed "Sands of Iwo Jima."

Here is President G. H. W. Bush atop Mt. Suribachi. He is the second president to visit Iwo Jima. (President Dwight Eisenhower was the first.) The marker at my foot marks where my father and his buddies raised the flag on Iwo Jima.

President Bush and I flew by helicopter the next day to the neighboring island of Chi Chi Jima, where he had been shot down.

My second book, Flyboys, (2003) recounts the American experience on the island of Chi Chi Jima. Navy Lt. G.H.W. Bush almost died there.

My research takes place in the Pacific and Asia--a long flight from New York.

This family lives in a cave in northern China.
It's comfy inside.

In Burma. (Myanmar)

An interview in Yunnan Province, China.

I lived in Tokyo when I was a student.
Here I am in Kyoto.

Here's a still from a video of me speaking to a corporate audience. Besides writing, I enjoy a career as a motivational speaker.

James Bradley Speeches

With two James Bradley Bradley Peace Foundation "Year-in-Japan" scholars.
Fukuoka

James Bradley Peace Foundation

A James Bradley Bradley Peace Foundation "Year-in-China" scholarship student.
Beijing

James Bradley Peace Foundation

With students from Pennsylvania.

I love the water.
I understand why so many aboriginal cultures honored water as a god.

When I was a little boy, I spent many summer days swimming in Bass Lake, Wisconsin.

I seek out water for breaks in between writing.

My third book is entitled The Imperial Cruise. (2008)
The third chapter is "Aloha."
At Waikiki I write and take surfing breaks.

Swimming is fun, but you'll often find me in Asia waiting for that next bus, train or plane.
I had traveled in 21 countries by the time I was 21 years old.