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The Last Lieutenant: A Foxhole View of the Epic Battle for Iwo Jima
by Shively, John C
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 0253347289
- ISBN 13
- 9780253347282
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About This Item
Bloomington, In: Indiana University Press, 2006. 1st Edition, 1st Printing . Hardcover. New/New. BRAND NEW BOOK, NEVER USED OR READ. Book has bayish cloth covers with black lettering on the spine. The dust jacket is protected in an archival quality cover. 152 pages. 36 black and white photos and 3 maps. A vivid account of some of the fiercest fighting in the war with Japan. A very nice copy.
Synopsis
Iwo Jima: two words that will forever bring to mind the thirty-six days of continual, chaotic combat in which the U.S. Marines fought the entrenched Japanese for every inch of the tiny volcanic island. When it was over, more than twenty-six thousand Americans were killed or wounded, and only slightly more than two hundred Japanese defenders survived. Twenty-seven Medals of Honor were awarded—many posthumously. Jim Craig was a platoon commander with the Marines on Iwo Jima. This is his story, as told to his nephew John C. Shively. In a particularly vivid and exciting account of some of the most intense fighting of the Pacific War, the immediacy of the story is heightened by the detail that Shively’s research has added to Craig’s recollections. The result will pull you onto the beach, into the foxhole, and over Mount Suribachi with those who lived, fought, and died on Iwo Jima.
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- James Lasseter, Jr.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002501
- Title
- The Last Lieutenant: A Foxhole View of the Epic Battle for Iwo Jima
- Author
- Shively, John C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition, 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0253347289
- ISBN 13
- 9780253347282
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Place of Publication
- Bloomington, In
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- MARINES-UNITED STATES-BIOGRAPHY. UNITED STATES. MARINE CORPS. DIVISION, 4TH. IWO JIMA, BATTLE OF, JAPAN, 1945. WORLD WAR, 1939-1945 CAMPAIGNS-JAPAN.CRAIG, JAMES R. (JAMES RICHARD), 1923-2.
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