Iwo Jima
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The Battle of Iwo Jima during WWII was the bloodiest in United States Marine Corps history. Join us for a unique perspective of this legendary historical event, and our 100th episode! Sources: “Bill Richardson: 4th Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division - Marines.” Witness to War: Preserving The Oral Histories of Combat Veterans, https://www.witnesstowar.org/combat_stories/WWII/8409. Brown, Ronald J. A Brief History of the 14th Marines. History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1990. King, Dan, and Linda Ryan. A Tomb Called Iwo Jima: Firsthand Accounts from Japanese Survivors. Dan King, 2020. Smith, Larry. Iwo Jima: World War II Veterans Remember the Greatest Battle of the Pacific. W.W. Norton, 2009. Tyson, Ann Scott. American Spartan. William Morrow, 2015.
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