Nightmare on Iwo Jima : a marine in combat / Patrick F. Caruso
- Author
- Caruso, Patrick F., 1921-
- Uniform Title
- Nightmare on Iwo
- Published
- Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, 2007.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 168 pages) : illustrations, 1 map
Access Online
- Language Note
- English.
- Contents
- Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Part 1 A New Assignment; Map of Iwo Jima; 1 The Preparation; 2 En Route; Part 2 Landing; 3 On the Alert; 4 Over the Side; 5 Lieutenant, You're in Charge; 6 Motoyama Airfield No. 2; Part 3 Moving On; 7 Attack and Counterattack; 8 The Hill That Opened; 9 Lunch with a Dead Man and Other Thoughts; Part 4 Heading North; 10 Motoyama Village and Beyond; 11 Night Attack on Hill 362-C; 12 Know Thine Enemy; Part 5 The Last Patrol; 13 Wounded; 14 Barabbas or Jesus?; 15 Our New Neighbors; 16 Peace; Part 6 Nightmare in Hell; 17 Men of Uncommon Valor; 18 Reflections.
- Summary
- A marine's account of the human aspects of combat.
- Subject(s)
- Caruso, Patrick F., 1921-
- United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 3rd. Battalion, 3rd. Kilo Company—History
- United States. Marine Corps—Officers—Biography
- États-Unis. Marine Corps—Officiers—Biographies
- United States. Marine Corps
- United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 3rd. Battalion, 3rd. Kilo Company
- 1900-1999
- Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945—Personal narratives, American
- World War, 1939-1945—Regimental histories—United States
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945—Histoire des unités—États-Unis
- HISTORY—Military—World War II.
- Armed Forces—Officers
- Regimental histories
- Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan)—History, Military—20th century
- Iwo Jima (Volcano, Japon)—Histoire militaire—20e siècle
- Japan
- Japan—Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands)
- United States
- Battle of Iwo Jima (Japan : 1945)
- World War (1939-1945)
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9780817380465 (electronic bk.)
0817380469 (electronic bk.)
9780817354480 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0817354484 (alk. paper) - Digital File Characteristics
- text file
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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