Iwo Jima: The Dramatic Account of the Epic Battle That Turned the Tide of World War II

From the author of the bestselling Abandon Ship! comes a classic work of World War II history Richard F. Newcombs Iwo Jima.Newcomb is one of the true masters of military storytelling. In researching Iwo Jima he interviewed hundreds of Iwo veterans both American and Japanese; read the diaries and letters of fighting men; and combed through masses of official navy and marine records to write the full story of one of the most famous battles in U.S. history. With exceptional depth intelligence and emotional power Newcomb recounts the events of February 19 1945 in which common men were thrust into impossible circumstances demonstrating valor and even humor amid the horror and chaos of war.