The ultimate battle : Okinawa 1945--the last epic struggle of World War II / Bill Sloan.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2007.Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edDescription: x, 405 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:- 0743292464
- 9780743292467
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 940.54252294 S634 | Available | 33111004991416 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This is the full story of the Battle of Okinawa, using the same up-close narrative style and 'grunt's-eye' view of the action that distinguishes Sloan's Brotherhood of Heroes from other war books. It is a gripping story of heroism, sacrifice, and death in the largest land-sea-air operation in US history.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-382) and index.
Prologue: June 10, 1945 -- Building an "Iceberg" -- "Like a stroll in the park" -- Kids' games, pony rides, and barbecue -- A nasty surprise on the way south -- A divine and deadly wind -- Death in the hills, death at home -- A wall of stone and flame -- Mud, blood, and may-hem -- Bitter toll at sugar loaf -- The limits of human endurance -- Divine wind-part II -- The crowded, angry skies -- Collapse of the Shuri line -- The end of an army -- A civilian catastrophe -- A somber victory -- The atomic bomb-and reprieve -- Epilogue: love day plus sixty-two years.