Black Dragon recounts the experience of a single Marine rifle company--2-F-23, or "Fox" Company--and its drive through the central Pacific in World War II. Author Steven D. McCloud, through painstaking research of battlefield reports and extensive interviews with surviving members of Fox Company, has reanimated the grueling, day-by-day slog through the Pacific theater through the eyes of the US Marines who endured it. This is the story of American teenagers who left home, many for the first time, trained together, and formed a team that held strong until, at last, those who survived tried to leave it all behind as they dispersed, returned home, and sought to build their lives. Decades later, Fox Company re-formed through correspondence and reunions and also welcomed McCloud into their midst by telling him their stories. McCloud took notes, chased down company reports and other documents to fill in the gaps, and carefully reconstructed their journey. As one member of Fox Company recalled after returning to Iwo Jima half a century later, "I think the pilgrimage to Iwo has helped me conquer my black dragons--those bloody and stinking nightmares that made nightly uninvited visits for fifty-six years. My dreams were in color, predominantly bloody red. Those remaining are in black and white and shades of gray, not so violent and stinking. These I can live with." Readers who reveled in Stephen Ambrose's masterful oral history of E Company in the European theater will find similar heroism and heartbreak in the pages of Black Dragon.
Robert S. Burrell. Jima veteran Lt. Col. James Hittle, a good friend of Hoffman, to intervene on the Corps' behalf. 53 Vandegrift subsequently assigned Lieutenant Colonel Hittle to Representative Hoffman's staff for the purpose of ...
Fox Company produced two Medal of Honor recipients (Franklin E. Sigler and George E. Wahlen), four Navy Cross recipients (Frank Caldwell, John C. Folsom, Martin L. Gelshenen, George L. Long), four Silver Star, seven Bronze Star, ...
"Explores and analyzes the historical context and significance of the iconic Joe Rosenthal photograph"--Provided by publisher.
Until now. Codename: Sob Story is the true story of how Steiny, a 19-year old Philadelphia native, fought and survived aboard the USS Gear ARS 34.
Haynes is the author of The Lions of Iwo Jima , the story of Combat Team 28 on Iwo Jima .》 Young Captain Fred Haynes takes a cigarette break on Iwo Jima , March 3 , 1945. The photo was taken during the attack on Hill 362A and the ...
"Describes events before, during, and after the Battle of Iwo Jima, including key players, weapons, and battle tactics."--Provided by publisher.
Discusses the events of the World War II battle during which American Marines invaded and occupied the Japanese island of Iwo Jima.
Campaigns for the capture of Iwo Jima and Okinawa in which he participated.
The life stories of four veteran Marines who fought at Iwo Jima.