So sad to fall in battle
Subtitle: an account of war based on General Tadamichi Kuribayashi's letters from Iwo Jima ; translated by Giles Murray.
Contributors: Murray, Giles.
Edition: Presido Press trade pbk. ed.
Publisher: Presidio Press/Ballantine Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780891419174
Subjects: Kuribayashi, Tadamichi, -- 1890 or 1-1945; Kuribayashi, Tadamichi, -- 1890 or 1-1945 -- Correspondence; Japan. -- Rikugun -- Officers -- Biography; Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945; Generals -- Japan -- Biography
Genres: Correspondence.; Biography.
Work titles: Chiruzo kanashiki.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [209] -211).
Table of contents: title: Leaving for the front; title: 22km² of wilderness; title: The strategy; title: Resolve; title: Family; title: The American invasion; title: The island where you walk on the dead; title: The soldiers' letters; title: The battle; title: The end.; title: Epilogue.