Ronald J. Drez
Author
Language
English
Description
On Iwo Jima, one of the bloodiest and most brutal battles of World War II, nearly 7,000 Marines were killed and 22,000 were wounded in thirty-six grueling days. MacCallum takes us from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima through the lives of these men of valor; among them is Harry Gray, a member of her own family. Their stories, told through letters and recollections are woven into the larger history of what American military leaders rightly saw as an eventual...
Author
Publisher
Bulfinch
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"Voices of Courage: The Battle for Khe Sanh, Vietnam" tells the story of one of the most heroic efforts in American military history--a seventy-seven-day struggle in early 1968 for the remote Khe Sanh Combat Base--during which six thousand perilously isolated Marines withstood the onslaught of a superior enemy force.