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Unknown valor : a story of family, courage, and sacrifice from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima

Summary: "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"--

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062853851
  • ISBN: 0062853856
  • Physical Description: print
    xvii, 314 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-314).
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject:
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
Genre:
Personal narratives.
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 43 of 44 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 44 total copies.
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Jacksonville Main Library 940.5425 MAC (Text) 36015000844445 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Swansboro Branch Library 940.5425 MAC (Text) 36015000844502 Adult Nonfiction Available -

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