Unknown valor : a story of family, courage, and sacrifice from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima /
On Iwo Jima, one of the bloodiest and most brutal battles of World War II, nearly 7,000 Marines were killed and 22,000 were wounded in thirty-six grueling days. MacCallum takes us from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima through the lives of these men of valor. Among them is Harry Gray, a member of her own fam...
| Main Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2020]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | On Iwo Jima, one of the bloodiest and most brutal battles of World War II, nearly 7,000 Marines were killed and 22,000 were wounded in thirty-six grueling days. MacCallum takes us from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima through the lives of these men of valor. Among them is Harry Gray, a member of her own family. Their stories, told through letters and recollections are woven into the larger history of what American military leaders rightly saw as an eventual showdown in the Pacific with Japan. Through the jungles of Guadalcanal, over the coral reefs of Tarawa, past the bloody ridge of Peleliu, against the banzai charges of Guam and to the cliffs of Saipan, these men were on a path that ultimately led to the black sands of Iwo Jima, the doorstep of the Japanese Empire. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 314 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates (some color) : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780062853851 0062853856 |