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Flags of our fathers
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Bradley, James,James Bradley,Ron Powers |
Chronicles one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, focusing on the men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. |
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Raising the Flag
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Michael Burgan |
Explores and analyzes the historical context and significance of the iconic Joe Rosenthal photograph. |
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Uncommon Valor, Common Virtue
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Hal Buell |
"Among the Americans who served on the Iwo island, uncommon valor was a common virtue." -Admiral Chester Nimitz"Surviving that beach was like walking in the rain without getting wet. As I ducked from… |
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Raising the flag
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Terri Dougherty |
"Describes events before, during, and after the Battle of Iwo Jima, including key players, weapons, and battle tactics."--Provided by publisher. |
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The Battle for Iwo Jima
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Robert Leckie |
From the air, the Pacific island of Iwo Jima looks like a large, gray pork chop. Its strategic location, midway between the U.S. B-29 airfields on the Marianas Islands and the Japanese home islands m… |
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We Few
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James R. Dickenson |
"Desperate for junior officers to meet the demands of its rapid wartime expansion and to replace its mounting casualties in the Pacific, the U. S. Marine Corps convened a special officer candidate sc… |
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The Battle of Iwo Jima
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Larry Hama |
It's very detailed.
Good pictures.
Biographies too. |
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Iwo Jima
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Bill D. Ross |
February 19, 1945: the day on which, on a seemingly impregnable flyspeck Pacific island some 75,000 United Marines began there thirty-sex day assaults against Japanese forces defending to the last ma… |
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Flags of our fathers
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Bradley, James,James Bradley,Ron Powers |
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 ra… |
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The last lieutenant
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John C. Shively |
Accounts experiences of Jim Craig, a platoon commander with the Marines, as told by his nephew. |
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Nightmare on Iwo
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Patrick F. Caruso |
"When 2d Lt. Patrick F. Caruso landed on Iwo Jima in February 1945, he was sixth in K Company's chain of command. Within an hour of their initial assault, with his senior officers and one-third of hi… |
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Island of Fear (Warpath)
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J. Eldridge |
hi |
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