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Fighting spirit : the memoirs of Major Yoshitaka Horie and the Battle of Iwo Jima
- Title
- 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.
- Author
- Horie, Yoshitaka.
- Publication
- Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2011.
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- Description
- xxix, 224 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Uniform Title
- Tōkon Iōjima. English
- Alternative Title
- Tōkon Iōjima.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 11-3159
- ISBN
- 9781591148562 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 1591148561 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2010047536
- OCLC
- YBP 2010047536
- Author
- Horie, Yoshitaka.
- Title
- 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.
- Imprint
- Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Eldridge, Robert D.Tatum, Charles W. (Charles William)
- Research Call Number
- JFE 11-3159