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Iwo Jima: World War II Veterans Remember the Greatest Battle of the Pacific Hardcover – May 17, 2008

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The men who fought and survived the deadliest battle of the Pacific come to life in this powerful oral history.

On February 19, 1945, nearly 70,000 American soldiers invaded a tiny volcanic island in the Pacific. Over the next thirty-five days, approximately 28,000 soldiers died, including nearly 22,000 Japanese and 6,821 Americans, making Iwo Jima one of the costliest battles of World War II. Best-selling oral historian Larry Smith dug deep for exclusive stories from Iwo Jima veterans, including the last surviving flag raiser on Mount Suribachi, a Navajo "Code Talker," a retired general, two Medal of Honor recipients, B-29 flyers, and other die-hard Marines who secured the island. Along the way, Smith investigates the controversy surrounding the famous photograph by Joe Rosenthal and presents the groundbreaking story of Japanese General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, rumored to have committed suicide rather than submit to capture. With dozens of photographs and maps, Iwo Jima is an unprecedented look at this pivotal battle and an inspiring study in courage, perseverance, and humanity.

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384 pages
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English
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W. W. Norton & Company
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May 17, 2008
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6.5 x 1.2 x 9.5 inches
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0393062341
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978-0393062342
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An experienced interviewer of veterans (Beyond Glory, 2003; The Few and the Proud, 2006) now turns to survivors of Iwo Jima. There is no shortage of material on that brutal battle, but this book has one virtue that sets it slightly apart. Smith has cast his net widely and generated interviews with a wide range of veterans, so his book affords a broader-than-usual view of the battle. Marine riflemen are well to the fore, and leading them is Medal of Honor winner Hershel Williams. But navy medics, leaders of heavy weapons units, Navajo talkers, sailors on the ships offshore—especially men on those unglamorous but essential logistics mainstays, the LSTs—and air-force pilots who flew missions from Iwo Jima’s runways before the guns, and the Japanese, had cooled are all called to testify. Eminently readable and historiographically useful. --Roland Green

About the Author

Larry Smith is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Few and the Proud and Beyond Glory. The latter was adapted into a major Broadway play by Stephen Lang. Smith lives in South Norwalk, Connecticut.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company; 1st Edition (May 17, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393062341
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393062342
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.49 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1.2 x 9.5 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,790,280 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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barb d

great to hear of this battle from those who lived through it

Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2018

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This is a very interesting book told mostly by interviews w/ soldiers /marines who lived through it. Some were interviewed to understand better how the bodies were buried and some to tell what happened to the Island after the war. And some to critique how the battle was fought. It's heartbreaking to even try to understand the sacrifice and death of so many to hold this little island. I liked that the author explained (via an interview) why it was so important to get control of this island with their airfields and how pilots praised the Marines for winning this battle which gave them airfields to land on in the bombing of Japan & for emergencies and refueling. All in all a great read, I really enjoyed and and highly recommend it.

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White Lotus

Awesome read

Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2009

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I love this book. It's like sitting down in front of you grandfather and listening to his old war stories. Once I start reading it's very hard for me to put down. One of the things I find fascinating is the mind of these old warriors. Many of them extremely patriotic. It seems almost all of them enlisted into the Marines immediately after turning 18, one of them enlisted at 16 and somehow escaped notice. The way they thought of life was different. If you got it (died), you got it. Many of these soldiers were from the 24th Marines Division and many of them knew each other.

The stories here are memorable, from one soldier who accidentally shot a hole in the American flag because he thought it was a Japanese (the hole is still there btw - in the second stripe, it's on display), to the group of soliders who traded a weapons carrier in exchange for a pallet of beer (all under the noses of their superiors), this is a wild ride that is both entertaining and enriching.

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Jose C. Clemente III

SOME GAVE ALL

Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2010

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I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to be with the tour that went to Iwo Jima on the 60th anniversary of the battle. We had three planeloads of people that flew from Guam. Included were some veterans who fought there, families of veterans and other intersted parties. What happened during the few hours we were there deeply ingrained in me the sacrifices that were made on that island.

Going through the book, a lot of the places that we went to made more sense and gained more significance. The interviews Mr. Smith conducted and the additional insights he made gives readers a fantastic view of just what the soldiers and participants of that struggle had to go through. As I read through the chapters on how the fighting proceeded through the island, my mind wandered back to that day I had also walked in those places.

The description of the volcanic sand that the Marines had to wade through on the invasion beaches were as soft and difficult to walk through as advertised. I tried running from the waterline to about 25 yards inwards and found that it was no mean feat to advance that little. My foot sunk to about midcalf and it was just an effort. Further up on the beach, there were still gun emplacements were Japanese gunners could easily cut down people landing. Reading the book made it more fearsome to imagine what it was like just coming up.

Standing on top of Suribachi, I could see what Chuck Lindberg could have seen when raising the flag the first time. From there, I could also see what Kuribayashi's troops were seeing while the Americans were coming to shore. The mountain offered the perfect vantage point for gunners to start mowing down the invaders.

Just standing there and looking at the landing beach makes one wonder how they did it. Reading this book told me how.

I would recommend this book highly not only for those who are into World War II but also as a testament to what the human sprit can achieve.

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Karen H Krumbach

I would so love to see his face in just one of them

Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2018

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I've been reading a lot about this battle since I discovered that my dad had his 19th birthday on an attack/supply ship off shore of the island. I scan every photo that involves moving supplies and troops off the landing craft on the beach or in the shallows. I would so love to see his face in just one of them. I was only 20 when he died at age 44 so we never got to the point of having adult-to-adult conversations. Books like this are important to me.

Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2018

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I have read several books on Iwo Jima. This book included memories of many non-Marines so it brought a fuller picture of the fighting on Iwo Jima. I added the audible narration which generally followed the text. The exception was at eighty seven percent when a very long paragraph was repeated while another paragraph was ignored.

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Hearing from those who were there is important to understanding

Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2019

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My husband and I read this book and another on Iwo Jima on the loonnnggg flight to Saipan, Tinian, Guam, Iwo Jima for the 74th anniversary of the battle. Both were good background for the tour led by the World War II Museum.

Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2012

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This is one of the best books I've read on Iwo Jima. The author, Larry Smith, has skillfully edited his interviews to include some pretty amazing stories. Some are so funny that I have laughed out loud. For instance, Charles Waterhouse recounts that when his landing craft reached Iwo Jima and the front ramp came down, the men aboard yelled "Oh that f______ draft board!" This was in honor of one of the men who repeated that every day.

This is an oral history, so 90 percent of the book is a transcription of interviews.

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Erika V

Factual and easy read.

Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2018

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Bought this as a gift for my husband. He is a big time history buff and he found it fascinating and historically correct. He liked the fact that several veterans were interviewed for the book and it is their account of Iwo Jima.

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