Rising Sun Sinking: The Battle for Okinawa
by Jim Boan
Category: Biography & Autobiography

Rising Sun Sinking is the dramatic story about the fighting men of the Striking Sixth Marine Division Reconnaissance Company and their experiences during the invasion of Okinawa in 1945. Paralleling the day-by-day activities, and sometimes foot-by-foot combat from the author's own experience, are chapters explaining the planning, strategies, and tactics from the joint chiefs of staff, the commanders in the Pacific Theater of Operations, down to the Okinawa field commanders' decisions. Book jacket.