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Title:
Unknown valor : a story of family, courage, and sacrifice from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima
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. -- Adapted from jacket
Edition:
First edition.
Contents:
Arlington, Massachusetts, 1938 -- Infamy -- Outrage -- The changing tide -- What Hirohito knew -- The first step : say a prayer for your pal on Guadalcanal -- 1943 -- Cracking the inner ring -- Willing to fight -- D-Day : from Normandy to Saipan -- Japan's doorstep -- "A ghastly relentlessness" -- "An island of sulphur : no water, no sparrow, and no swallow" -- "Hell with the fire out" -- The badlands.
Physical Description:
xvii, 314 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
Publisher:
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
Publication Date:
2020
ISBN:
9780062853851
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]

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Call Number:
940.54 MACCALLUM
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