The Ghosts of Iwo Jima: Volume 102

by Robert S. Burrell

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 160344517X
• ISBN13: 9781603445177
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"