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    Iwo Jima: World War II Veterans Remember the Greatest Battle of the Pacific
    Iwo Jima: World War II Veterans Remember the Greatest Battle of the Pacific
    Iwo Jima: World War II Veterans Remember the Greatest Battle of the Pacific
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    Iwo Jima: World War II Veterans Remember the Greatest Battle of the Pacific

    Written by Larry Smith

    Narrated by Dick Hill

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    On February 19, 1945, nearly 70,000 American soldiers invaded a tiny volcanic island in the Pacific. Over the next thirty-five days, approximately 28,000 soldiers died, including nearly 22,000 Japanese and 6,821 Americans, making Iwo Jima one of the costliest battles of World War II.

    Bestselling oral historian Larry Smith dug deep for exclusive stories from Iwo Jima veterans, including the last surviving flag raiser on Mount Suribachi, a Navajo "code talker," a retired general, two Medal of Honor recipients, B-29 flyers, and other die-hard Marines who secured the island. Along the way, Smith investigates the controversy surrounding the famous photograph by Joe Rosenthal and presents the groundbreaking story of Japanese General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, rumored to have committed suicide rather than submit to capture.

    Iwo Jima is an unprecedented look at this pivotal battle and an inspiring study in courage, perseverance, and humanity.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJul 14, 2008
    ISBN9781400177219
    Iwo Jima: World War II Veterans Remember the Greatest Battle of the Pacific
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    Larry Smith

    LARRY SMITH is an adjunct associate professor of economics at the University of Waterloo and a recipient of the University of Waterloo’s Distinguished Teacher Award. During his longstanding tenure, Smith has taught and counselled more than 23,000 students on the subject of their careers, representing more than 10 percent of UW’s alumni. Smith has worked with more than 500 teams of student entrepreneurs, advising them as they have created companies of significant size and success across industries as broad-reaching as communications, software, robotics, entertainment, design and real estate. Smith is also president of Essential Economics Corporation, an economic consulting practice that serves a wide range of public and private clients. “Why You Will Fail to have a Great Career,” his TEDx Talk based on his experience counselling students, has been viewed by over six million people.

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      Excellent insights into one of WW2's most iconic battles from surviving participants.