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- Nightmare on Iwo Jima: A Marine in Combat
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- 2007
- Published by: The University of Alabama Press
summary
On February 19, 1945, the 4th and 5th Marine Divisions stormed ashore from a naval support force. Among them was green young lieutenant Pat Caruso who became de facto company commander when the five officers ranking him were killed or wounded. He led his rapidly diminishing force steadily forward for the next few days, when a day’s gains were measured in yards. Caruso was eventually wounded himself and was evacuated. Realizing that the heroism of his comrades would be lost by the decimation of his unit, Caruso latched onto any paper he could find and filled every blank space with his memory of the fighting. This edition has a new foreword and index, boasts nine new photographs, and a map of the action. It resumes its place as a classic account of the experience of being in close, direct, and constant contact with a determined enemy at close quarters. Many did not survive; those who did were changed forever.
Table of Contents
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- Part 1. A New Assignment
- Map of Iwo Jima
- p. 2
- 1. The Preparation
- pp. 3-9
- 2. En Route
- pp. 10-16
- Part 2. Landing
- 3. On the Alert
- pp. 19-26
- 4. Over the Side
- pp. 27-32
- 5. Lieutenant, You’re in Charge
- pp. 33-37
- 6. Motoyama Airfield No. 2
- pp. 38-48
- Part 3. Moving On
- 7. Attack and Counterattack
- pp. 51-60
- 8. The Hill That Opened
- pp. 61-65
- Part 4. Heading North
- 10. Motoyama Village and Beyond
- pp. 73-74
- 11. Night Attack on Hill 362-C
- pp. 75-81
- 12. Know Thine Enemy
- pp. 82-88
- Part 5. The Last Patrol
- 13. Wounded
- pp. 91-109
- 14. Barabbas or Jesus?
- pp. 110-113
- 15. Our New Neighbors
- pp. 114-117
- Part 6. Nightmare in Hell
- 17. Men of Uncommon Valor
- pp. 123-146
- 18. Reflections
- pp. 147-164
Additional Information
ISBN
9780817380465
Related ISBN(s)
9780817354480
MARC Record
OCLC
647930684
Pages
188
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2007