Uncommon valor, common virtue : Iwo Jima and the photograph that captured America /
Surviving that beach was like walking in the rain without getting wet. As I ducked from shell hole to shell hole, I spotted bodies and body parts. The sand was discolored in so many places to a deep red by the blood of those who preceded me
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Berkley Pub. Group/Penguin Group,
2006
New York : c2006 New York : [2006] |
| Edition: | Berkley Caliber hardcover ed |
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| Summary: | Surviving that beach was like walking in the rain without getting wet. As I ducked from shell hole to shell hole, I spotted bodies and body parts. The sand was discolored in so many places to a deep red by the blood of those who preceded me An in-depth account of the World War II battle of Iwo Jima, immortalized in Joe Rosenthal's Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of the raising of the American flag on Mt. Suribachi, describes the events of the battle between U.S. Marines and Japanese forces, as well as Rosenthal's ten days on Iwo Jima during the conflict, in a narrative complemented by more than 120 archival combat photographs The onslaught was hell's horror. Pillboxes emerged like magic from the terrain and poured a hail of fire on the beach. Artillery from the other side of the island opened up. Landing craft were hit in the water, the Marines on board slain before they fired a shot. Mortars and shells came in, wounding again those already wounded |
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| Item Description: | Includes index Produced by Sammy Jackson, Mort Zimmerman, Tracey A. Connor ; written by Col. Joe Alexander, Norman Stahl Title of accompanying DVD: Iwo Jima, uncommon valor, common virtue Videodisc is a Lou Reda Productions, Inc "A Berkley Caliber Book." |
| Physical Description: | xi, 258 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. + 1 DVD (4 3/4 in.) xi, 258 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. + 1 videodisc (DVD, sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.) xi, 258 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. + 1 videodisc (DVD : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.) xi, 258 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm + 1 DVD (4 3/4 in.) xi, 258 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm + 1 DVD (approximately 21 min. : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| Production Credits: | Executive producers, Lou Reda, Scott Reda ; edited by Tracey A. Connor ; photo consultant, Hal Buell |
| ISBN: | 0425209806 9780425209806 |