Iwo Jima Recon
Subtitle: The U.S. Navy at War, February 17, 1945 (At War)
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Zenith Press
Published: February 15, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780760329931
Subjects: American history: Second World War; History of specific subjects; Naval forces & warfare; Second World War, 1939-1945; Naval operations, American; Military; History; History - Military / War; The Americas; World War, 1939-1945; Military - Naval; Military - United States; Military - World War II; History / Military / World War II; Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945
Description: Drawing on first-person accounts, deck logs, and after-action reports, Camp brings the action to harrowing life: the thin-skinned reconfigured LCIs fighting it out with the Japanese in a valiant effort to protect the swimmers caught five hundred yards off the beach; the battleship Nevada ignoring orders to withdraw and moving in to knock out the enemy's heavy caliber guns; the devastating action-- casualties of 40 percent-- that very likely saved the actual landing on the 19th.