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The lions of Iwo Jima : the story of Combat Team 28 and the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history / Fred Haynes and James A. Warren. - Thorndike Press large print nonfiction ed. - Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2009. - 467 p. (large print) : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Forming up at Camp Pendleton -- The adversaries prepare for battle -- The assault -- The assault, part II -- The fight for "hot rocks" -- The enemy -- Breaking through the main belt: the battle for Hill 362A and Nishi Ridge -- Driving north toward Kitano Point -- Bloody Gorge.
The full story of Combat Team 28, one of the greatest units fielded in the history of the U.S. Marines. The unit, 4500 men strong, landed on the black sands of Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945 and raised the flag atop Mount Suribachi after four days of ferocious combat, yet their battle had just begun.
9781410412287 (lg. print : hc : alk. paper) 1410412288
2008040553
Haynes, Fred.
United States. Marine Corps. Marines, 28th.
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945
Marines--United States
940.542528 Hay 68
The lions of Iwo Jima : the story of Combat Team 28 and the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history / Fred Haynes and James A. Warren. - Thorndike Press large print nonfiction ed. - Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2009. - 467 p. (large print) : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Forming up at Camp Pendleton -- The adversaries prepare for battle -- The assault -- The assault, part II -- The fight for "hot rocks" -- The enemy -- Breaking through the main belt: the battle for Hill 362A and Nishi Ridge -- Driving north toward Kitano Point -- Bloody Gorge.
The full story of Combat Team 28, one of the greatest units fielded in the history of the U.S. Marines. The unit, 4500 men strong, landed on the black sands of Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945 and raised the flag atop Mount Suribachi after four days of ferocious combat, yet their battle had just begun.
9781410412287 (lg. print : hc : alk. paper) 1410412288
2008040553
Haynes, Fred.
United States. Marine Corps. Marines, 28th.
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945
Marines--United States
940.542528 Hay 68