Fighting spirit
Subtitle: the memoirs of Major Yoshitaka Horie and the Battle of Iwo Jima
By: edited and annotated by Robert D. Eldridge and Charles W. Tatum
Contributors: Eldridge, Robert D.; Tatum, Charles W. (Charles William)
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Annapolis, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781591148562
Subjects: Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945; Japanese Personal narratives; World War, 1939-1945
Work titles: Tōkon Iōjima
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The toughest battle in world history; title: Isolated island : where no planes or vessels could go; title: Saipan was said to be impregnable; title: Iwo Jima is next!; title: Iwo Jima : an island of pineapples and jungle; title: The Ogasawara Islands force and the U.S. Pacific fleet; title: Let's sink Iwo Jima into the ocean; title: Supply operations at night via Chichi Jima; title: Defensive operations from the caves; title: Send more weapons and ammunition!; title: Defending Iwo Jima to the death; title: Two months before the storm; title: Farewell, everyone, on Chichi Jima; title: Our cave becomes a sea of fire : first lieutenant Musashino Kikuzo's story; title: The most unfortunate battle : first lieutenant Yamazaki Takeshi's story; title: Come out! : seaman first class Koizumi Tadayoshi's story; title: Warriors remembered; title: Tragic island, Iwo Jima; title: Afterword; title: Appendix 1. Explanation of Japanese defense plan of Chichi Jima, december 23, 1945; title: Appendix 2. Explanation of japanese defense plan and the battle of Iwo Jima, Chichi Jima, January 25, 1946.