Unknown Valor : : a Story of Family, Courage, and Sacrifice From Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima
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Arlington, Massachusetts, 1938 -- Infamy -- Outrage -- The changing tide -- What Hirohito knew -- The first step : say a prayer for your pal on Guadalcanal -- 1943 -- Cracking the inner ring -- Willing to fight -- D-Day : from Normandy to Saipan -- Japan's doorstep -- "A ghastly relentlessness" -- "An island of sulphur : no water, no sparrow, and no swallow" -- "Hell with the fire out" -- The badlands.
"In honor of the 75th Anniversary of one of the most critical battles of World War II ... Martha MacCallum pays tribute to the heroic men who sacrificed everything at Iwo Jima to defeat the Armed Forces of Emperor Hirohito--among them, a member of her own family"-- Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
Year Published: 2020
Description: 314 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780062853851
0062853856
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Drez, Ronald J., 1940-
SUBJECTS
United States. -- Marine Corps -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945.
Marines -- United States -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area.
Personal narratives.