Islands of hell : the U.S. Marines in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 / Eric Hammel.

"This book is an intense pictorial record of the United States Marines in action in the western Pacific during the grinding last year of the Pacific War. It is an unflinching tribute to the young men who died there, as well as to the old warriors still living, and the sacrifices they all made to def...

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Main Author: Hammel, Eric M.
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, MN : MBI Pub. Co. : Zenith Press, 2010.
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Physical Description:284 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm
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505 0 |a The Marianas. Saipan -- Tinian -- Guam -- Unsinkable aircraft carriers -- Peleliu and Iwo Jima. Peleliu -- Iwo Jima -- Okinawa. On the beach and in the north -- The fight in the south -- Over the hills and into the cities. 
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