Iwo Jima: Legacy of ValorVanguard Press, 1985 - 376 Seiten An hour by hour account of the largest and most brutal assault ever conducted by the Marine Corps. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-3 von 51
Seite 46
... never again be in combat under his command . He had taken them as far as the high command would let them go together on the long road to Japan . Orders to this effect hadn't yet come from Nimitz , but Smith knew they would . After Iwo ...
... never again be in combat under his command . He had taken them as far as the high command would let them go together on the long road to Japan . Orders to this effect hadn't yet come from Nimitz , but Smith knew they would . After Iwo ...
Seite 47
... never again can see a : United States Marine without experiencing a feeling of reverence . Except for the hum of overworked fans , there wasn't a sound as he sat down . The blur in General Smith's eyes was gone ; now they were sparkling ...
... never again can see a : United States Marine without experiencing a feeling of reverence . Except for the hum of overworked fans , there wasn't a sound as he sat down . The blur in General Smith's eyes was gone ; now they were sparkling ...
Seite 54
... never forget or forgive the fact that Blandy's battleships had retired for the night with hundreds of shells still in ammunition lockers . D - Day eve was always a time of mixed and conflicting emotions among men about to smash head ...
... never forget or forgive the fact that Blandy's battleships had retired for the night with hundreds of shells still in ammunition lockers . D - Day eve was always a time of mixed and conflicting emotions among men about to smash head ...
Inhalt
TWO A Gathering of Warriors | 23 |
Curtain Time in Hell | 57 |
FOUR The Men of Suribachi and Two Flags | 83 |
Urheberrecht | |
7 weitere Abschnitte werden nicht angezeigt.
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
aboard action Admiral airstrip American arms artillery ashore assault attack base battalion battle beaches beachhead began blast bodies bombs called carried casualties caves close Colonel combat command Company cover D-Day dead defenses Division enemy explosives face feet Fifth Division fighting final fire five force forward four Fourth front going grenades ground hand head heavy Higgins boats Hill hundred yards invasion island Iwo Jima Iwo's Japanese killed knew land later less Lieutenant lines lives look machine gun Marine Corps Marines miles minutes mortars Motoyama moved naval Navy nearly never night Nimitz Number officers operations ordered Pacific pillboxes planes platoon positions push Regiment rest ridge rifle sergeant shells ships shore Shortly side slopes Smith supplies Suribachi tanks Third Division thousand told took troops United wave weapons wounded ХХХХ ХХХХХ