The Lions Of Iwo Jima

Author : Major General Fred Haynes, USMC-RET,James A. Warren
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2008-08-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781429937924

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The Lions of Iwo Jima by Major General Fred Haynes, USMC-RET,James A. Warren Pdf

"In 1945 my father, John Bradley, and other members of Combat Team 28 raised a flag on Iwo Jima. Now with The Lions of Iwo Jima, [Haynes] helps America understand how it was done."—James Bradley, author of Flags of Our Fathers and Flyboys Combat Team 28, one of the greatest units fielded in the history of the U.S. Marines, landed on the black sands of Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945. The unit, 4,500 men strong, plunged immediately into ferocious combat, and by the time the battled ended, 70 percent of the men in the team's three assault battalions were killed or seriously wounded. The stories told here, many for the first time, will seem too cruel, too heartbreaking to be believed. As one veteran remarked, "Each day we learned a new way to die." Major General Fred Haynes, then a young captain, is the last surviving office in CT 28 who was intimately involved in planning and coordinating all phases of the team's fight on Iwo Jima. In this astonishing narrative, Haynes and James A. Warren recapture in riveting detail what the Marines experienced, drawing on a wealth of previously untapped documents, personal narratives, letters, and interviews with survivors to offer fresh interpretations of the fight for Suribachi, the iconic flag-raising photograph, and the nature of the campaign as a whole.

Author : Peter Doornekamp
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780244002725

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Onto the Black Shores of Hell: the Battle for Iwo Jima by Peter Doornekamp Pdf

Author : Larry Smith
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393285635

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Iwo Jima: World War II Veterans Remember the Greatest Battle of the Pacific by Larry Smith Pdf

“A vivid and compelling account by a true master of oral history.” —General James L. Jones, USMC (Ret.), Supreme Allied Commander, Europe On February 19, 1945, nearly 70,000 American marines invaded a tiny volcanic island in the Pacific. Over the next thirty-five days, approximately 28,000 combatants died, including nearly 22,000 Japanese and 6,821 Americans, making Iwo Jima one of the costliest battles of World War II. Bestselling author Larry Smith lets twenty-two veterans tell the story of this epic clash in their own words; the result is a “superb and fascinating work by one of our nation’s leading oral historians” (Jay Winik, author of April 1865). Iwo Jima includes accounts from the last surviving flag raiser on Mount Suribachi, a Navajo code talker, a retired general, two Medal of Honor recipients, and B-29 flyers. With numerous photographs and maps, Iwo Jima is a stunning history of an emblematic battle and a powerful, personal history of this greatest generation of marines.

Author : Robert E. Allen
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476607504

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The First Battalion of the 28th Marines on Iwo Jima by Robert E. Allen Pdf

On February 19, 1945, seven battalions of U.S. Marines landed on the eastern beaches of Iwo Jima. On the southernmost flank, in the shadows of Suribachi, the First Battalion, 28th Marines, stormed ashore into the bloodiest and most renowned of all battles fought by the U.S. Marine Corps. Thirty-six days later, the Marines overran the “Bloody Gorge” and dislodged the last enemy holdouts. The battle was over, but at great cost: 225 of the First Battalion’s men died on Iwo Jima. Based on official reports and personal accounts, this is a day-by-day history of the First Battalion, 28th Marines, on Iwo Jima. Each chapter presents an overview of that day’s combat and other relevant events, and also contains the text of that day’s official regimental and battalion narratives. The text is complemented by a chronology and transcribed muster rolls for February and March 1945.

Author : Andrew Rawson
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781459734067

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Iwo Jima 1945 by Andrew Rawson Pdf

The story of one of the most dramatic and important battles in the Second World War’s Pacific theatre is expertly related and explained by a leading historian, with detailed illustrations and supplementary facts.

Author : Andrew Rawson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752477992

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Battle Story: Iwo Jima 1945 by Andrew Rawson Pdf

Operation Detachment, the US invasion of Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945, was the first campaign on Japanese soil and resulted in some of the fiercest fighting in the Pacific. If you truly want to understand what happened and why – read Battle Story. Detailed profiles explore the leaders, tactics and equipment of the US and Japanese armies. Nine specially commissioned maps track the progress of the battle and the shifting frontlines. Rare photographs place you in the centre of the unfolding action. Diary extracts and quotes give you a soldier's eye-view of the battle. Orders of Battle reveal the composition of the opposing forces' armies. Packed with fact boxes, this short introduction is the perfect way to explore this important battle.

Author : James A. Warren
Publisher : Gallery Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 145160744X

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American Spartans by James A. Warren Pdf

From the islands of the Pacific to Korea to the Middle East, James A. Warren's riveting and authoritative battle history of the Marines reveals how "the few and the proud" have drawn on their timeless precepts across six decades while reinventing themselves in the face of political change to forever remain America's finest warriors.

Author : Eric Hammel
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612006307

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Two Flags over Iwo Jima by Eric Hammel Pdf

“An authoritative look at an event that has taken on a legendary status . . . [an] essential history for those wanting the truth behind the legend” (Publishers Weekly). Joe Rosenthal’s “Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima” photo is one of the best-known images of US war history—and a powerful symbol of patriotism. But the story of how the flag got there, and even the identity of the soldiers in the photo, has been muddied by history. Here, military historian Eric Hammel sets the record straight—viewing complex events through the lens of the story of the infantry company in which all the flag raisers served. The photo captures the moment that the first American flag flew over the core of Imperial Japanese territory on the top of Mount Suribachi. The focus of this book lies on the 28th Marine Regiment’s self-contained battle in February 1945 for Mount Suribachi, the 556-foot-high volcano on Iwo Jima. It was here that this one regiment defeated more than 1500 heavily armed Japanese combatants who were determined to hold the highest vantage point on the island. Two Flags over Iwo Jima reveals the all-but-forgotten first flag raising and the aftermath of the popularization campaign undertaken by the post-WWII Marine Corps and national press. Hammel attempts to untangle the various battles that led up to the first and second flag raisings, as well as follow the men of the 28th Marine Regiment in the events that took place after. The full story behind one of the most iconic photographs ever taken is revealed—along with the real heroism and stories of the men behind a dramatic moment captured in time. “A richly illustrated account . . . A must for World War II buffs.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Author : James Bradley,Ron Powers
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2006-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780553902761

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Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley,Ron Powers Pdf

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America In this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America. In February 1945, American Marines plunged into the surf at Iwo Jima—and into history. Through a hail of machine-gun and mortar fire that left the beaches strewn with comrades, they battled to the island's highest peak. And after climbing through a landscape of hell itself, they raised a flag. Now the son of one of the flagraisers has written a powerful account of six very different young men who came together in a moment that will live forever. To his family, John Bradley never spoke of the photograph or the war. But after his death at age seventy, his family discovered closed boxes of letters and photos. In Flags of Our Fathers, James Bradley draws on those documents to retrace the lives of his father and the men of Easy Company. Following these men's paths to Iwo Jima, James Bradley has written a classic story of the heroic battle for the Pacific's most crucial island—an island riddled with Japanese tunnels and 22,000 fanatic defenders who would fight to the last man. But perhaps the most interesting part of the story is what happened after the victory. The men in the photo—three were killed during the battle—were proclaimed heroes and flown home, to become reluctant symbols. For two of them, the adulation was shattering. Only James Bradley's father truly survived, displaying no copy of the famous photograph in his home, telling his son only: “The real heroes of Iwo Jima were the guys who didn't come back. ” Few books ever have captured the complexity and furor of war and its aftermath as well as Flags of Our Fathers. A penetrating, epic look at a generation at war, this is history told with keen insight, enormous honesty, and the passion of a son paying homage to his father. It is the story of the difference between truth and myth, the meaning of being a hero, and the essence of the human experience of war.

Author : Breanne Robertson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Flags
ISBN : 1732003076

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Investigating Iwo by Breanne Robertson Pdf

"Investigating Iwo encourages us to explore the connection between American visual culture and World War II, particularly how the image inspired Marines, servicemembers, and civilians to carry on with the war and to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice to ensure victory over the Axis Powers. Chapters shed light on the processes through which history becomes memory and gains meaning over time. The contributors ask only that we be willing to take a closer look, to remain open to new perspectives that can deepen our understanding of familiar topics related to the flag raising, including Rosenthal's famous picture, that continue to mean so much to us today"--

Author : Charles Jones,James L. Jones
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0811744434

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War Shots by Charles Jones,James L. Jones Pdf

Story of how military photographers got their shots while storming beaches and assaulting pillboxes with combat troops.

Author : Bill D. Ross
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1986-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780394742885

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Iwo Jima by Bill D. Ross Pdf

An hour by hour account of the largest and most brutal assault ever conducted by the Marine Corps.

Author : Anne Gjelsvik,Rikke Schubart
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780231165648

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Eastwood's Iwo Jima by Anne Gjelsvik,Rikke Schubart Pdf

Together, Flags of our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima tell the story behind one of history's most famous photographs, Leo Rosenthal's 'Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima'.

Author : James H Hallas
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811765282

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Uncommon Valor on Iwo Jima by James H Hallas Pdf

The epic Battle of Iwo Jima is recounted through the stories of twenty-eight American soldiers who showed uncommon valor during one of WWII’s most bitter conflicts. When the smoke cleared on Iwo Jima in March of 1945, nineteen-thousand American Marines had been wounded and seven-thousand were dead, a casualty rate of nearly thirty-nine percent. Lasting over a month, Iwo was the Marines’ bloodiest battle of the Second World War and the only Pacific battle in which a U.S. landing force suffered more casualties than it inflicted. It was also the most highly decorated single engagement in Marine Corps history. This volume captures the bravery of those who fought in that epic battle through the stories of twenty-two Marines and five Navy personnel who received the Medal of Honor in recognition of their gallantry under fire.

Author : Fred L. Ward
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781450003223

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Picking up the Pieces by Fred L. Ward Pdf

About the Book This book is about a young Marine who went through the entire battle of IWO JIMA just 43 days before his 19th birthday. Now less than two months from his 80th birthday, he is putting his memories on paper where it belongs. His memory is alive and well, his eyewitness accounts are extremely vivid and accurate. This former Marine is the author of his own book, Picking up the Pieces. You will find this book to be heart-breaking in its entirety, accurate and true. Youll find this book often times will give you the urge to cry. In writing this book, dont be surprised to see faded tear drops here and there, thats okay because it will make you appreciate this book more. I also hope that you will find the wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules, the honesty of Lincoln, and the bravery of Geronimo in the determination and victory of this Marine. The Author P.S. In my old age, I try not to remember my battle experiences too often, but when I do, you know what? I cry too.