Two flags over Iwo Jima : solving the mystery of the U.S. Marine Corps' proudest moment

Two flags over Iwo Jima : solving the mystery of the U.S. Marine Corps' proudest moment / Eric Hammel.

"An authoritative look at an event that has taken on a legendary status ... [an] essential history for those wanting the truth behind the legend" (Publishers Weekly). Joe Rosenthal's "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima" photo is one of the best-known images of US war history'...

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Main Author: Hammel, Eric M. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Havertown, PA : Casemate, 2018.
Subjects:
United States. > Marine Corps > History.
United States. > Marine Corps
1945
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Japan
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Author's Note; Acknowledgements; Prologue; Maps; 1 Before; 2 Invasion; 3 Operation Hot Rocks; 4 The First Flag; 5 The Second Flag; 6 Cropping History; Plate section; 7 Grinding Forward; 8 After; 9 The Mighty 7th; 10 Block; 11 What Became of Them; 12 The Irishman and the Omahan; 13 The Marines; Afterword; Appendix A Report of the Huly Board Review of Information Regarding the Identity of the First Flag Raisers Atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima
  • Appendix B Report of the Huly Board Review of New Information Regarding the Identity of the Second Flag Raisers Atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo JimaAppendix C Identification of Personnel in Flag Raising Photograph; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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