Uncommon Valor on Iwo Jima: The Stories of the Medal of Honor Recipients in the Marine Corps' Bloodiest Battle of World War II

by James H. Hallas

Book Overview

When the smoke cleared on Iwo Jima in March 1945, 19,000 American Marines had been wounded and 7,000 were dead, a casualty rate of nearly 39 percent. Lasting over a month, Iwo was the Marines' bloodiest battle of the 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.

Focuses on the twenty-two Marines and five Navy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081171795X
• ISBN13: 9780811717953
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"