Closing In: Marines in the Seizure of Iwo Jima
by Joseph H. Alexander
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About this eBook
- Author
- Alexander, Joseph H., 1938-2014
- Credits
- Produced by Brian Coe, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- D731: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War II (1939-1945)
- Subject
- Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 49080
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49080
- Release Date
- May 30, 2015
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.Contents — Closing In : Marines in the Seizure of Iwo Jima
- 3.Closing In: Marines in the Seizure of Iwo Jima
- 4.Assault Preparations
- 5.The Japanese Commander
- 6.D-Day
- 7.The Assault Commanders at Iwo Jima
- 8.Suribachi
- 9.Rosenthal’s Photograph of Iwo Jima Flag-Raising Quickly Became One of the War’s Most Famous
- 10.The Drive North
- 11.The Japanese 320mm Spigot Mortar
- 12.Marine Corps Air Support During Iwo Jima
- 13.The Bitter End
- 14.The Marines’ Zippo Tanks
- 15.Iwo’s Fire Brigades: The Rocket Detachments
- 16.Amphibious Logistical Support at Iwo Jima
- 17.Iwo Jima’s Costs, Gains, and Legacies
- 18.Above and Beyond the Call of Duty
- 19.Assault Divisions’ Command Structures
- 20.Sources
- 21.About the Author
- 22.Untitled
- 23.Transcriber’s Notes
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