Fighting spirit : the memoirs of Major Yoshitaka Horie and the Battle of Iwo Jima / edited and annotated by Robert D. Eldridge and Charles W. Tatum.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Tōkon Iōjima. English
Main Author: Horie, Yoshitaka
Other Authors: Eldridge, Robert D.
Tatum, Charles W. (Charles William)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
Japanese
Published: Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, [2011], ©2011.
Subjects:
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945 > Personal narratives, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, Japanese.
Horie, Yoshitaka.
Genre:
Personal narratives, Japanese.
Physical Description:xxix, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The toughest battle in world history
  • Isolated island : where no planes or vessels could go
  • Saipan was said to be impregnable
  • Iwo Jima is next!
  • Iwo Jima : an island of pineapples and jungle
  • The Ogasawara Islands force and the U.S. Pacific fleet
  • Let's sink Iwo Jima into the ocean
  • Supply operations at night via Chichi Jima
  • Defensive operations from the caves
  • Send more weapons and ammunition!
  • Defending Iwo Jima to the death
  • Two months before the storm
  • Farewell, everyone, on Chichi Jima
  • Our cave becomes a sea of fire : first lieutenant Musashino Kikuzo's story
  • The most unfortunate battle : first lieutenant Yamazaki Takeshi's story
  • Come out! : seaman first class Koizumi Tadayoshi's story
  • Warriors remembered
  • Tragic island, Iwo Jima
  • Afterword
  • Appendix 1. Explanation of Japanese defense plan of Chichi Jima, december 23, 1945
  • Appendix 2. Explanation of japanese defense plan and the battle of Iwo Jima, Chichi Jima, January 25, 1946.