The Ghosts of Iwo Jima
In February 1945, some 80,000 U.S. Marines attacked the heavily defended fortress that the Japanese had constructed on the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima. Leaders of the Army Air Forces said they needed the airfields there to provide fighter escort for their B-29 bombers. At the cost of 28,000 American casualties, the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Marine Divisions dutifully conquered this desolate piece of hell with a determination and sacrifice that have become legendary in the annals of war, immortalized in the photograph of six Marines raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi. But the Army Air Forces' fighter operations on…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-60344-517-7
- EAN: 9781603445177
- Produktnummer: 11493598
- Verlag: Texas A&M University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 282 S.
- Masse: H22.7 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.9 cm 462 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 462
Über den Autor
Maj. ROBERT S. BURRELL of Wesley Chapel, Florida is a former instructor of naval history at the U.S. Naval Academy. His work on Iwo Jima has received awards from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, the Society of Military History, and the Naval Historical Center. He is a combat vetern of two tours in Iraq with more than twenty years of service.
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