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Author : Peter Doornekamp
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 024400272X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Onto the Black Shores of Hell: the Battle for Iwo Jima written by Peter Doornekamp and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Doornekamp
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 9781326363208
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (632 download)
Download or read book Onto the Black Shores of Hell written by Peter Doornekamp and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On February 19, 1945, thousands of Marines landed on the black shores of a tiny volcanic island in the Pacific. The fight that was supposed to take only 3 days lasted well over a month. The battle for Iwo Jima, known to many only for one picture, became one of the bloodiest in the history of the U.S. Marine Corps. It was the only battle in which the Marine Corps casualties exceeded the Japanese. In just over a month of fighting 27 Medals of Honor were awarded, more than any other battle in U.S. history. Of the original 22,000 Japanese defenders only 216 would surrender. In Onto the Black Shores of Hell three United States Marines share their personal experiences of the epic battle for Iwo Jima through a largely day-by-day account, interwoven with historical background information. Follow these men of the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Marine Division on their epic journey from bootcamp to a tiny island in the Pacific that would become famous for its horrific story.
Author : Suzanne D. Wheeler
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1984530437
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (845 download)
Download or read book The Marine Corps War Memorial the United States Flag Raising of Iwo Jima written by Suzanne D. Wheeler and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-10-29 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
Author : Derrick Wright
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780960808
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Hell in the Pacific written by Derrick Wright and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive account of the famous battle of Iwo Jima, and the men who fought there. The battle of Iwo Jima saw one hundred thousand men fighting over a tiny volcanic island of just 8 square miles. The island was of major strategic importance to the US Air Force. However, it was also of supreme importance to the 20,000 Japanese troops who were deeply entrenched in the island when the Marines invaded, and to whom surrender was not an option. The titanic struggle dragged on for 36 days, eclipsing all that had gone before. The loss of Iwo Jima was proof to the Japanese that the Americans could seize one of the world's most heavily defended islands, and filled them with foreboding about the inevitable invasion of their homeland. This book covers the campaign in detail, and also the experiences of the men who fought for their lives on the black sands of Iwo Jima in one of the most savage battles of the Pacific War. This book contains material previously published in Campaigns 81: Iwo Jima 1945, Warrior 95: Japanese Infantryman 1937–45 and WAR 112: US Marine Rifleman 1939–45: Pacific Theater
Author : Derrick Wright
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780960794
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Hell in the Pacific written by Derrick Wright and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battle of Iwo Jima saw one hundred thousand men fighting over a tiny volcanic island of just 8 square miles. The island was of major strategic importance to the US Air Force. However, it was also of supreme importance to the 20,000 Japanese troops who were deeply entrenched in the island when the Marines invaded, and to whom surrender was not an option. The titanic struggle dragged on for 36 days, eclipsing all that had gone before. The loss of Iwo Jima was proof to the Japanese that the Americans could seize one of the world's most heavily defended islands, and filled them with foreboding about the inevitable invasion of their homeland. This book covers the campaign in detail, and also the experiences of the men who fought for their lives on the black sands of Iwo Jima in one of the most savage battles of the Pacific War. This book contains material previously published in Campaigns 81: Iwo Jima 1945, Warrior 95: Japanese Infantryman 1937–45 and WAR 112: US Marine Rifleman 1939–45: Pacific Theater
Author : Insightful History
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (217 download)
Download or read book Thirty-Six Days of Hell written by Insightful History and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-04-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the winter of 1945, American forces prepared to launch an amphibious invasion of a tiny, desolate island in the Pacific - one of the most savagely fought and pivotal battles of World War II. On the black volcanic shores of Iwo Jima, the United States and Japan were about to clash in an epic struggle unparalleled in its ferocity and heroism on both sides. For thirty-six terrifying days, nearly 70,000 Marines, sailors, soldiers and airmen would be engaged in a nightmarish campaign against 22,000 Japanese defenders led by the brilliant mind of Lt. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi. In an ingeniously designed landscape of underground fortifications, blockhouses and deadly crossfires, Kuribayashi's forces turned Iwo Jima into an impenetrable killing field. The Marines paid a horrific price to capture every inch of terrain against an enemy willing to fight to the last man. Now renowned military historian [Author's Name] brings this epic battle to stunning clarity in a masterful chronicle of strategy, leadership and the extraordinary human experiences that defined this pivotal moment of World War II. With unprecedented access to firsthand accounts and primary sources, [Author] plunges readers into the claustrophobic, rain-soaked chaos endured by the combatants on both sides. This is a true "unflinching" history - one that pulls no punches in reconstructing the brutality, carnage and sheer grit displayed in equal measure by American and Japanese forces. From the incredible individual acts of heroic sacrifice that earned 27 Medals of Honor, to the tactical genius of Kuribayashi's interwoven kill zones, to the sheer unrelenting violence witnessed by men like Marines Tony Stein and John Bradley, Thirty-Six Days of Hell recreates the unimaginable human drama and trauma endured on those nightmarish volcanic fields. You'll march with Marine companies as they face withering crossfires and mortar barrages to gain one brutally-contested yard at a time. You'll experience the horrific confines of the underground bunkers and tunnel networks where Kuribayashi's troops defiantly sustained weeks of ceaseless bombardment. Most critically, this book reveals how the catastrophic losses and examples of fanatical resistance on Iwo Jima profoundly altered the trajectory of the entire Pacific campaign - and validated the American decision to avoid an invasion of Japan itself through different, unimaginably powerful means.
Author : James F. Christ
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 9781300880189
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (81 download)
Download or read book IWO ASSAULT ON HELL written by James F. Christ and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-01-08 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iwo Jima: arguably the most violent battle of the Second World War. On February 19th, 1945, U.S. Marines of the 4th and 5th Divisions land on sacred Japanese soil. Thirty-six days later the fighting is over. Almost all of the 20,000 Japanese defenders are dead, and the shattered remains of three Marine Divisions leave Iwo after suffering over 6,000 dead and 15,000 wounded making Iwo Jima the ""Gettysburg of the Pacific."" Iwo; Assault on Hell shows a worms eye view of the fighting on Iwo Jima. Seen from the eyes of the 5th Division Marines who fought and bled there, these interwoven experiences paint a blood mosaic that pays tribute to the courage and bravery of our Marine forefathers, who sacrificed so much for this famous island stepping stone.
Author : Chuck Tatum
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615370477
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Red Blood, Black Sand written by Chuck Tatum and published by . This book was released on 2010-07-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally penned for his Marine buddies, now, WWII veteran Chuck Tatum’s coveted book, “Red Blood, Black Sand,” is available to audiences worldwide. “Red Blood, Black Sand,” is Chuck’s true story, his first-hand account of Iwo Jima, the Marine Corps’ most savage battle. Best-selling author/historian Stephen E. Ambrose praised “Red Blood, Black Sand,” saying, “In my judgment no combat veterans’ memoir is better . . . and only a handful are equal.” Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg agreed, and bought the rights to use “Red Blood, Black Sand” as a credited source for their new, $200-million-dollar HBO mini-series, “The Pacific.” In addition, they made Chuck Tatum a central character of the series, portrayed by actor Ben Esler. “Red Blood, Black Sand,” transports the reader back to 1944, when the Marine Corps built a fresh division, the 5th, for an apocalyptic battle: Iwo Jima. This gripping narrative follows Chuck’s life-or-death training at Camp Pendleton where Chuck learned machine guns, the tools of his trade, from his new mentor: Medal of Honor recipient John Basilone. Chuck’s colorful storytelling takes the reader on his voyage overseas, from the raucous port of Pearl Harbor with its gambling, gals, and tattoos, to the island of death itself, where Chuck hit the black sand beach of Iwo Jima, an 18-year-old Marine machine gunner in the climactic battle of the war. This is the story of Chuck’s two weeks in hell, where he fought alongside Basilone and watched his hero fall, where enemy infiltrators stalked the night and snipers haunted the day, and where Chuck would see his friends whittled away in an ear-shattering, earth-shaking, meat grinder of a battle.Before the end, Chuck would find himself, like his hero Basilone, standing alone, blind with rage, firing a machine gun from the hip, while in a personal battle to keep his sanity. This is the island, the heroes, and the tragedy of Iwo Jima, through the eyes of the battle’s greatest storyteller, Chuck Tatum. Includes new bonus chapters: “Chuck’s thoughts on The Pacific series” and actor Ben Esler’s “On Set Memories of Portraying Chuck Tatum.”
Author : Perry E. Fischer
Publisher : Millsmont Pub
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Blacks and Whites-together Through Hell written by Perry E. Fischer and published by Millsmont Pub. This book was released on 1994 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kenneth E. Bingham
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781466367395
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (673 download)
Download or read book Seabee Book, World War Two, Black Hell written by Kenneth E. Bingham and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-09-22 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a compilation of histories-both personal and general-including all Seabee units that served on Iwo but concentrating primarily on the U.S. Naval 133rd Naval Construction Battalion (Seabees) that was part of the 4th MARDIV at Iwo Jima. Numerous stories from individuals and news journalists are included to give the reader different perspectives and a thorough overview of the Seabee Iwo Jima experience. The bloody battle on Iwo's beaches and the build-out of the Island are included in detail. Over 200 images are included. The book begins by describing the island and the importance of it from the perspective of both the American and Japanese sides. It tells of the heroic and painful taking of Iwo Jima (Sulphur Island) by the Marines, and of the little known story of the 133rd Seabees that accompanied them during the fiercest part of the assault. Personal stories from the men of the 133rd Seabees are told and numerous pictures are included. A well written colorful chapter about the Seabees on Iwo--by the famous William Bradford Huie--is also included and provides an insight into what the Seabees were, their personalities, their developing lore, and what they sacrificed and accomplished for their country. Another well written chapter by Commander Edmund L. Castillo, USN from his book; The Seabees of World War II is also included. Other Iwo Jima Seabee unit histories are also included. Some of these units--or elements of them--were also part of the initial landing, and others came later. In total, over 7000 builder-fighter Seabees served on Iwo. The story is also about building Iwo's 3 airstrips and the supporting infrastructure built by the Seabees; its runways became some of the longest in the Pacific. A small city was formed on Iwo for thousands of Marine, Navy, Army, Army-Air Force, Seabees and Coast Guard men. The successful take-over of Iwo Jima meant that our heavy bombers--with their fighter escorts--were now within 650 miles of the Japanese mainland. Japan's "inner defenses" were now crushed thus portending the war's outcome. The cost in human life was grim. Part IV describes the 133rd's other battle; the on-going battle for the award of the PUC (Presidential Unit Citation). Hopefully this book will serve as a reinforcement in that quest. This book-with its collection of histories-is designed to serve future generations as a near single-source of information about the critical accomplishments that the men of the Navy Seabees achieved on Iwo Jima--especially the 133rd Seabees.
Author : Eric M. Hammel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1610607252
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Iwo Jima written by Eric M. Hammel and published by . This book was released on with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Derrick Wright
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 075099407X
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)
Download or read book The Battle for Iwo Jima 1945 written by Derrick Wright and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iwo Jima was the United States Marine Corps' toughest ever battle and a turning point in the Pacific War. In February 1945, three Marine Divisions stormed the island's shores in what was supposed to be a ten-day battle, but they had reckoned without General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, the enemy commander.
Author : Henry I. Shaw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Blacks in the Marine Corps written by Henry I. Shaw and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Major General Fred Haynes, USMC-RET
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1429937920
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book The Lions of Iwo Jima written by Major General Fred Haynes, USMC-RET and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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 : Joseph Alexander
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781978074514
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (745 download)
Download or read book Closing In-Marines in the Seizure of Iwo Jima written by Joseph Alexander and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is part of a commemorative series of battles during World War II and as a US government document is in the public domain. The book is profusely illustrated with pictures and maps.
Author : Saul David
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 031653465X
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)
Download or read book Crucible of Hell written by Saul David and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the award-winning historian, Saul David, the riveting narrative of the heroic US troops, bonded by the brotherhood and sacrifice of war, who overcame enormous casualties to pull off the toughest invasion of WWII's Pacific Theater -- and the Japanese forces who fought with tragic desperation to stop them. With Allied forces sweeping across Europe and into Germany in the spring of 1945, one enormous challenge threatened to derail America's audacious drive to win the world back from the Nazis: Japan, the empire that had extended its reach southward across the Pacific and was renowned for the fanaticism and brutality of its fighters, who refused to surrender, even when faced with insurmountable odds. Taking down Japan would require an unrelenting attack to break its national spirit, and launching such an attack on the island empire meant building an operations base just off its shores on the island of Okinawa. The amphibious operation to capture Okinawa was the largest of the Pacific War and the greatest air-land-sea battle in history, mobilizing 183,000 troops from Seattle, Leyte in the Philippines, and ports around the world. The campaign lasted for 83 blood-soaked days, as the fighting plumbed depths of savagery. One veteran, struggling to make sense of what he had witnessed, referred to the fighting as the "crucible of Hell." Okinawan civilians died in the tens of thousands: some were mistaken for soldiers by American troops; but as the US Marines spearheading the invasion drove further onto the island and Japanese defeat seemed inevitable, many more civilians took their own lives, some even murdering their own families. In just under three months, the world had changed irrevocably: President Franklin D. Roosevelt died; the war in Europe ended; America's appetite for an invasion of Japan had waned, spurring President Truman to use other means -- ultimately atomic bombs -- to end the war; and more than 250,000 servicemen and civilians on or near the island of Okinawa had lost their lives. Drawing on archival research in the US, Japan, and the UK, and the original accounts of those who survived, Crucible of Hell tells the vivid, heart-rending story of the battle that changed not just the course of WWII, but the course of war, forever.
Author : Fred L. Ward
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1450003222
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Picking up the Pieces written by Fred L. Ward and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2006-01-17 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
