Customer Review: Born in 1940, I lived a serene childhood during the War. Our hardships were rationing and blackouts. My like-age cousin in Southwestern Germany dodged bombs and tanks, lost her father somewhere on the Eastern Front and our great uncle when their town was overrun. Like her, I knew we were at war. Our... more info
Customer Review: I don't anyone will understand Tarawa or any of the WWII battles unless they were there. This book takes the reader right there and makes it very real. For another book about the Pacific Island wars, I highly recommend WALKING THROUGH FIRE: AN IWO JIMA SURVIVOR'S REMEMBRANCE which was written... more info
Customer Review: An excellent book about the pivotal point in the US crusade across the pacific. An easy read with excellent pictures makes this great for the weekend historian. It was a book you should have. Great pictures that I have not seen before. However Amazon's service is something to be desired. The... more info
Customer Review: December 29th, 1980, I arrived at the same Marine Corps boot camp which welcomed EB Sledge nearly 40 years before. With the Old Breed (WTOB) makes it perfectly clear why the stress and hardship of the Marine Corps boot camp experience is necessary. Thankfully, my generation was spared the subsequent... more info
Customer Review: The Marines were brave, determined and victorious, at a great price, on Iwo Jima. Great book that underlines that. There were Navy men on that island, also, who went in with the Marines. A great companion book to this is Walking Through Fire: An Iwo Jima Survivor's Remembrance, by Arvy Geurin, a... more info
Customer Review: I'm a big fan of all things about WWII and this book didn't disappoint! The sacrifices that that generation made still guides us today!
Customer Review: The Last Lieutenant is an epic tribute to a brave man thrust into the hell of Iwo Jima. This book becomes a riveting read as you move from training to battle, to the savagery that is war at its most merciless. True to its press, this is indeed a "foxhole view" of one of the greatest battles in... more info
Customer Review: The Enemy are People too
Kumiko Kakehashi's So Sad to Fall in Battle is an absolutely wonderful read. Ms. Kakehashi writes a poignant biography of Lt General Tadamichi Kuribayashi , the commanding Japanese general during the horrific battle for Iwo Jima. She uses personal letters to flesh out... more info
Customer Review: You should consider buying this book if you're unfamiliar with the war in Okinawa or if you want a detailed overview on the operational details of the battle. The author has compiled a history of Okinawa from a series of interviews with U.S. veterans who served in WWII during this historic clash.more info
