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312 Pages·1991·20.207 MB·English
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• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • A · ** IWO JIMA ************************* K A R AL A NN M A R L I NG AIND JWO HN WETOENHALL JIMA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** Monuments, Memories, a nd the American Hero H A R V A RD U N I V E R S I TY PRESS Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England 1991 Copyright © 1991 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 21 This book is printed on acid-free paper, and its binding materials have been chosen for strength and durability. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Marling, Karal Ann. Iwo Jima : monuments, memories, and the American hero / Karal Ann Marling, John Wetenhall. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-674-46980-1 (alk. paper) 1. Iwo Jima, Battle of, 1945. 2. Propaganda, American— History—20th century. I. Wetenhall, John. II. Title. D767.99.I9M28 1991 940.54' 26—dc20 90-42283 CIP Frontispiece: The Pulitzer Prize-winning picture of the Iwo Jima flag-raising, inscribed by photographer Joe Rosenthal to Lou Lowery, the man who shot the first flag-raising on Mount Suribachi that day. Designed by Gwen Frankfeldt For those who served on I wo Jima * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** Contents 1 Uncommon Valor 1 2 Bloody Iwo 21 3 Our Flag Was Still There 40 4 Eyewitness to History 62 5 The Shifting Sands of Heroism 84 6 The Mighty Seventh 102 7 Guts and Glory: Sands of Iwo Jima 122 8 A Marine Corps for the Next Five Hundred Years 146 9 It Didn't Really Happen That Way 170 10 The Business of Remembering 195 11 D+40 Years: A Gathering of Heroes 221 Notes 245 Illustration Credits 283 Acknowledgments 289 Index 293 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • - f r* IWO JIMA

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