Iwo Jima : Larry Smith

#ads Get premium access to stream any unabridged audiobook by starting your free trial: https://booksreader.space/al-6864/ Title: Iwo Jima Series: World War II Veterans Remember the Greatest Battle of the Pacific Author: Larry Smith Narrator: Dick Hill Format: Unabridged Length: 00:13:00 Release date: 07-30-08 Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 84 votes Genres: History Publisher's Summary: Best-selling oral historian Larry Smith dug deep for exclusive stories from Iwo Jima veterans, including the last surviving flag raiser on Mount Suribachi, a Navajo "code talker", a retired general, two Medal of Honor recipients, B-29 flyers, and other die-hard Marines who secured the island. Along the way, Smith investigates the controversy surrounding the famous photograph by Joe Rosenthal and presents the groundbreaking story of Japanese General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, rumored to have committed suicide rather than submit to capture. Iwo Jima is an unprecedented look at this pivotal battle and an inspiring study in courage, perseverance, and humanity.