THE U.S. MARINES ON IWO JIMA
Lucas Henri
Battery Press, Nashville, 1987.
Reprinted from the 1945 edition. VG/VG. Red & white pictorial dust jacket over red boards. Back cover of dust jacket chipped & torn at top. Some small closed tears to top & bottom of dust jacket spine. Original "19.95" still intact on dust jacket. Book itself FINE except for two small owner's stamps on front endpaper & front flyleaf. Dust jacket in mylar protector. Numerous maps, photographs, and drawings by Cpl Tom Dunn USMC. A 53 pp roster of the Dead and Missing. Index. 294 pp. Overall still a nice copy of an early Battery Press edition, No 6 in their Elite Unit Series. Dust jacket summary: THE US MARINES ON IWO JIMA was the first complete account of the bitter 36 day battle between the V Marien Amphibious Corps and 20,000 determined Japanese troops for control of a strategic island in the central Pacific. Written by three Combat Correspondents and two Public Relations Officers who accompanied the combat units throughout the campaign, this history contains both an overview of the entrie operation as well as personal stories which record the bravery of individual Marines."
$35
