When the smoke cleared on Iwo Jima in March 1945, 19,000 American Marines had been wounded and 7,000 were dead, a casualty rate of nearly 39 percent. Lasting over a month, Iwo was the Marines' bloodiest battle of the war and the only Pacific battle in which a U.S. landing force suffered more casualties than it inflicted. It was also the most highly decorated single engagement in Marine Corps history.
About the AuthorJames H. Hallas is also the author of Squandered Victory: The American First Army at St. Mihiel, The Devil's Anvil: The Assault on Peleliu, and Killing Ground on Okinawa.
Book InformationISBN 9780811717953
Author James H. HallasFormat Hardback
Page Count 400
Imprint Stackpole BooksPublisher Stackpole Books