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MacCallum, Martha,
1964-
Unknown valor :
a story of family, courage, and sacrifice from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima /
Martha MacCallum ; with Ronald J. Drez.
Story of family, courage, and sacrifice from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima.
First edition.
New York, NY :
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2020]
℗2020.
xvii, 314 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
illustrations (some color), map ;
24 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-314).
Arlington, Massachusetts, 1938 -- Infamy -- Outrage -- The changing tide -- What Hirohito knew -- The first step : say a prayer for your pal on Guadalcanal -- 1943 -- Cracking the inner ring -- Willing to fight -- D-Day : from Normandy to Saipan -- Japan's doorstep -- "A ghastly relentlessness" -- "An island of sulphur : no water, no sparrow, and no swallow" -- "Hell with the fire out" -- The badlands.
"In honor of the 75th Anniversary of one of the most critical battles of World War II ... Martha MacCallum pays tribute to the heroic men who sacrificed everything at Iwo Jima to defeat the Armed Forces of Emperor Hirohito--among them, a member of her own family"--
Provided by publisher.
20200310.
United States
Marine Corps
History
World War, 1939-1945.
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945.
Marines
United States
Biography.
World War, 1939-1945
Campaigns
Pacific Area.
Personal narratives.
Drez, Ronald J.,
1940-