IWO

VG--/VG--. Some waterstaining to bottom edge of back cover, affecting back cover and flap of dust jacket. Staining limited to bottom inch of book cover & jacket. Interior of book otherwise clean. Book is not warped. Jacket is now in a mylar protector and staining not obvious.

(Annapolis, Naval Institute Press, 1980). Photographs, bibliography, index, 243 pages.

As a rifleman in the company that raised the flag on Mount Suribachi, Richard Wheeler knew he had an incredible story to tell. ~~~ Iwo is a riveting account of raw courage, sacrifice and brutal, give-no-quarter combat. From pre-invasioin planning to the costly mop-up of enemy holdouts in 'Death Valley', Wheeler gives you a scorching day-by-day chronicle of the Marines' grueling advance through this unearthly landscape laced with deadly bunkers and riddled by tunnels and caves. Each step had a price tag . . . and Wheeler tells the moving and heroic stories of those who paid with their lives. ~~~ Hailed by veterans and critics alike, Iwo is the finest combat narrative ever written about the heroic struggle for Iwo Jima

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: After being seriously wounded on Iwo Jima, Richard Wheeler returned to the United States and began gathering his comrades' first-hand accounts of the battle. Wheeler is the author of several military history books, including A Special Valor: The U.S. Marines & the Pacific War.

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