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Chargement... Iwo Jima: World War II Veterans Remember the Greatest Battle of the Pacificpar Larry Smith
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. This is the first book I have read devoted exclusively to this famous battle. It is a transcription of reminiscences and commentary by a wide range of participants and students of the battle, mostly Marine enlisted infantrymen but no Japanese except in passing. It appears that the Japanese reverence for their war dead is from a different cultural perspective from the American one. Besides the recounting of combat, individual sections of the book are devoted to the Mount Suribachi flag raising, the aviators, the logistical support and the aftermath right up to the publication of the book in 2007. My main quibble is that the author does not make it clear which U. S. ships were sunk in the pre-bombardment phase of the battle. (The shore batteries that sank them exposed their locations and all but one were pinpointed and destroyed in the ensuing bombardment.) ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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. Bestselling 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. Iwo Jima is an unprecedented look at this pivotal battle and an inspiring study in courage, perseverance, and humanity. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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