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Author
Publisher
Berkley Caliber
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"The Battle of Iwo Jima, a major event in the Pacific Theater of World War II--and one of the bloodiest in United States history--began on February 19, 1945. But what happened two days earlier has largely been a footnote, until now... On February 17, Landing Craft Infantry 449 was among a dozen gunboats helping to prepare the area for their invasion two days later. U.S. military leaders thought they had weakened Japanese forces in the area so they...
Author
Publisher
Matthew A. Rozell
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
From the bloody beach at Omaha through the hedgerow country of Normandy and beyond, American veterans of World War II—Army engineers and infantrymen, Coast Guardsmen and Navy sailors, tank gunners and glider pilots—sit down with you across the kitchen table and talk about what they saw and experienced, tales they may have never told anyone before. World War II brought out the worst in humanity, but it also brought out the best. In these...
Author
Series
Things our fathers saw volume 6
Publisher
Matthew A. Rozell
Pub. Date
c2020
Language
English
Description
14 World War II veterans of the Battle of the Bulge and beyond share their intimate experiences in narrative nonfiction oral history form.