Unknown valor : a story of family, courage, and sacrifice from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima /

Unknown valor : a story of family, courage, and sacrifice from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima /

"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"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: MacCallum, Martha, 1964- (Author), Drez, Ronald J., 1940- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
United States. > Marine Corps > History > World War, 1939-1945.
United States. > Marine Corps.
Iwo Jima, Battle of (Japan : 1945)
World War (1939-1945)
1939-1945
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945.
Marines > United States > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Area.
Marines.
Military campaigns.
Japan.
Pacific Area.
United States.
Biographies.
History.
Personal narratives.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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